{"id":39806,"date":"2022-07-11T23:06:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T03:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=39806"},"modified":"2022-07-11T23:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T03:06:34","slug":"hbo-documentary-films-we-met-in-virtual-reality-debuts-july-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/11\/hbo-documentary-films-we-met-in-virtual-reality-debuts-july-27\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Documentary Films&#8217; &#8220;We Met in Virtual Reality&#8221; Debuts July 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38346\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hbo-documentaries-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hbo-documentaries-logo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hbo-documentaries-logo-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>HBO Documentary Films&#8217; WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY, from director Joe Hunting, debuts Wednesday, July 27 (9:00-10:35PM ET\/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. 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