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SIGGRAPH 2019 Conference Will Feature Four World-Premiere VR/AR Experiences

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Project Jua – Project Jua is an interactive VR experience that raises awareness of the impact of not having easy access to electricity, taking the player to a rural farm in Kenya to experience firsthand the challenges of living off the grid to discover an African solar power solution that is improving lives. City of Sparkles.

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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

Road to VR

Narrated by Academy Award-winning Actress Lupita Nyong’o, My Africa takes viewers to an elephant sanctuary in Kenya, where a community is creating a place where humans and animals can once again coexist. He retraces his ordeal, years of horrific treatment on board the slave ship, and his brave escape from a prison made of water. Valen’s Reef.

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The 2020 Sundance Film Festival Is Absolutely Stacked With Experimental Immersive Media

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A unique three-episode hybrid of real-time VR experience, live performance and video essay in which three moving-image makers explore how we now watch films by putting various ‘machines for viewing,’ including cinema and virtual reality, face to face. An immersive virtual reality journey to heal the Earth–by becoming a mushroom.

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Tribeca Film Festival’s Virtual Arcade Steps Up VR Game For 2018

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Narrated by Lupita Nyong’o, My Africa is a 360-degree documentary short dedicated to covering the impressive efforts by Northern Kenya tribes to protect African wildlife from poachers. So long as you don’t mind publicly crying on the show floor, definitely give this one a shot.

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EON Reality Announces Nationwide Expansion in Kenya with 10,000 Customized Courses, Inaugurates First Spatial AI Center and Introduces EON AI Autonomous Agents

EON Reality

“Empowering Kenya’s Future: Transforming Education with XR and AI for Global Success.” ” IRVINE, CA – February 21, 2024 – EON Reality, a world pioneer in the field of virtual learning technologies, is excited to unveil an unprecedented educational initiative across Kenya.

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Suzanne Borders says it all on being a female entrepreneur in XR

The Ghost Howls

Suzanne Borders potting giraffes in the Serengeti National Park, Kenya (Image by Suzanne Borders). BadVR will offer the possibility of analyzing data in virtual reality with your colleagues (Image by BadVR).

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Upgrading VR Storytelling

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My Africa is a project by Conservation International to educate audiences about Reteti, a community run Elephant Sanctuary in Kenya, working to save elephants, reknitting an ancient coexistence between people and wildlife. Click To Tweet. The VR experience consists of two elements.

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