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Around SXSW: Ferris Wheels and napping stations

USE THIS PHOTO SXSW Interactive began Friday, March 11, 2016 and the crowd began to gather around various locations in downtown Austin. A Mr. Robot ferris wheel stands at the corner of 4th Street and Congress Avenue. According to IMDb Mr. Robot is about "Young, anti-social computer programmer Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer during the day, but at night he is a vigilante hacker." LAURA SKELDING/AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Credit: Austin American-Statesman

Credit: Austin American-Statesman

USE THIS PHOTO SXSW Interactive began Friday, March 11, 2016 and the crowd began to gather around various locations in downtown Austin. A Mr. Robot ferris wheel stands at the corner of 4th Street and Congress Avenue. According to IMDb Mr. Robot is about "Young, anti-social computer programmer Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer during the day, but at night he is a vigilante hacker." LAURA SKELDING/AMERICAN-STATESMAN
By American-Statesman Staff
March 14, 2016

Our American-Statesman video journalists have been making the rounds of SXSW. Here are a few of the interesting things they've run across:

What would SXSW be without a downtown Ferris Wheel? Hop aboard and take a virtual ride on the wheel with us.

Casper Mattresses have set up a napping station downtown where tired SXSW attendees -- and isn't that all of us? -- can take a 15 minute nap.

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