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

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The Freedom Riders were a group of white and Black American civil rights activists who joined the Freedom Rides in 1961. The group was met with resistance in Virginia. Members of the group were beaten. Trouble in Alabama. During their stop in Atlanta, the Freedom Riders learned that trouble was brewing in Alabama.

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Black employees at Tesla raise new allegations of racism in the workplace

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Some were paid less than $20/hour to work 12-hour shifts at least six days a week, with Black workers allegedly being grouped together in parts of the factory with no air conditioning. Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama get to re-vote on unionizing This reporting comes after a San Francisco court found in Oct. Don't fall for it.

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

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It involves a group of inmates, referred to as ‘entrepreneurs in training’ or EITs, standing in a line facing a group of Defy staff and volunteers. One of the most powerful side effects of VR is empathy – the ability to understand other people better when you feel like you’re actually with them”, says Zuckerberg.

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VR Simulation Teaches Canadian Children The Importance Of Road Safety

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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s UAB’s Youth Safety Lab previously developed a 360-degree VR experience for Google Cardboard headsets in which children could practice road safety in the classroom. This isn’t the first VR program dedicated towards road safety, however.

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Policing In The Metaverse: What’s Happening Now

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Administrators in Mobile, Alabama, recently voted to spend close to $50,000 on ten virtual reality headsets to help them provide crisis intervention training for their police force. adults experience severe mental illness, but that group is involved in 20% of police calls and is overrepresented in fatal interactions with law enforcement.

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7 moments of activism that defined the pain and hope of 2022

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Credit: Michael Siluk / Universal Images Group via Getty Images. The two states joined (and influenced) other state legislators with discriminatory policies of their own, like those in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Ohio , but also spurred inspirational acts of support for LGBTQ youth around the country.