'Traveling While Black' VR installation arrives in Utah, giving viewers a prime seat to talk about racism in America.

In examining the history of African Americans traveling in the 1950s and later, documentarian Roger Ross Williams took a different approach to draw viewers in: Virtual reality.

The result is “Traveling While Black,” a 20-minute VR installation that puts viewers at a diner table, listening to people talk about racist encounters then and now. The installation is now in the lobby of the Broadway Centre Cinemas in downtown Salt Lake City.

Read my interview with Williams about the topic and the technology, here at sltrib.com.