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NewImages Festival Showed Me What VR Experiences Can Offer Beyond Games

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Noire looks at the civil rights struggle in '50s Alabama, while Letters From Drancy explores Marion Deichmann's journey after being separated from her mother during the Holocaust. Wider VR experiences aren't nearly as popular as gaming, sure, yet this isn't the same scene from when 360° video began taking off.

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360 Short Film ‘Step to the Line’ Published as Part of Oculus’ VR for Good Initiative

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When I was in Alabama two months ago as part of my ‘Year of Travel’ challenge, one of the most powerful experiences for me was meeting Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who was exonerated and released after 30 years on death row. It can also be accessed on Facebook Spaces if you save the post before going into the app.

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How the XR Community Celebrates Black History Month (Black Futures Month?)

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The real Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama was the site of many civil rights marches, including those of Martin Luther King Jr’s march from Selma to Montgomery. Initially, this primarily meant a combination of curated libraries of existing 360° video and original recorded immersive content.