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Journey to Freedom and Equality: How an AR Experience Makes History Come Alive

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Trouble in Alabama. During their stop in Atlanta, the Freedom Riders learned that trouble was brewing in Alabama. When they arrived in Anniston, Alabama, the group was met with violence by members of the Ku Klux Klan, led by William Chappell. Members of the group were beaten. This event then gained widespread media attention.

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The Official US Civil Rights Trail Book Adds AR Experience to Engage the Young Generations

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This idea inspired Lee Sentell, Alabama Tourism Department Director, to create the US Civil Rights Trail in 2004. Some of the places are Birmingham (Alabama), Memphis (Tennessee), Atlanta (Georgia), Charleston (South Carolina), already mentioned Little Rock (Arkansas) and Selma (Alabama), and more. How the AR Experience Works.

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Best Of Fest: Tribeca 2023 Immersive+ Lineup

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As a multi-user, non-interactive augmented reality (AR) piece, Colored explored the protest of Claudette Colvin who, at 15 years old, refused to give up a bus seat to a white passenger in Alabama just nine months before Rosa Parks did so. Credit: Tribeca Colored This work felt like the future of documentary storytelling.

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ROSE Creates Museum-Like AR Experience for Black History Month

ARPost

The experience, called “ Black History And Medicine: An Augmented Reality Experience ”, utilizes an AR portal. Black History And Medicine AR Experience: A Museum in Your Living Room. This is an AR experience involving a virtual museum. How can that be? Exploring Black History in Medicine.

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Snap Earns $20m Grant to Back California Tech Industry

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Comprised of grants and tax credit incentives, lawmakers have awarded Snap funding to help the company expand its offices globally and boost its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses manufacturing capacity. California has awarded Snap Inc a massive fund worth $20 million USD.

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch VR

7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020. Transfr is trying to lower costs by creating a catalog of work simulations, a Transfr virtual reality training facility of sorts, that it can then repurpose for each different customer. Most notably, though, is Transfr’s recent work in Alabama.

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Policing In The Metaverse: What’s Happening Now

Bernard Marr

Criminals are starting to exploit the metaverse, and there is a growing threat of potential crimes as virtual and augmented reality continues to develop. As threats loom, real virtual and augmented reality experiences help police officers understand the metaverse. Goals of Metaverse Experiences.