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Al Jazeera Debuts First VR Documentary ‘I Am Rohingya’

VRScout

Thousands of refugees call the crowded slums of the Kutupalong refugee camp—located in Cox Bazaaar, Bangladesh—home. Many of the refugees are Rohingya Muslims, a minority group that some consider to be “the most unwanted group in the world.”

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VR Documentary Exposes Damage of Global Oil Trade in Nigeria

VRScout

You may remember Contrast VR as the studio behind I Am Rohingya , another full-fledged Al Jazeera VR doc that highlighted the struggles of a woman living within a Bangladesh refugee camp. Contrast VR , Al Jazeera Media Network’s immersive studio, is at it again with yet another VR documentary ready to dump some knowledge on lucky audiences.

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First Al Jazeera VR movie Debuts: “I Am Rohingya”

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. “I Am Rohingya” follows the story of a young woman, Jamalida, as she tells the persecution she faced in Myanmar and shows us her daily life now in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. “I want to talk to you,” she says, “I hope you can tell others my story.”

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Social VR Platform AltspaceVR Is Back

VRScout

Some even risked their freedom to be a part of the group experience; there were users from five different countries in which being gay is still considered a crime. Kelly bonded with Canadian aid worker Chris Duigud—known in Altspace as Mef— over shared experiences in Bangladesh.

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London VR Dev Meetup Returns April 3rd with Holographic Streaming, New 3D Sound System, and VR Review Club

Road to VR

Simon Davis from Unfold Stories will host two Google Expeditions classes, giving groups of 15 a chance to see firsthand how Sierra Leone beat the Ebola crisis or visit Dhaka to learn about Bangladesh’s burgeoning economy. Under the Create theme, April 3rd also marks the first VR Review Club hosted by Visualise.

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How to support reproductive rights in the U.S. from outside the U.S.

Mashable VR

Mashable's Chase DiBenedetto has put together a list of local organisations, Black and POC-led groups, and support networks. In Australia, there are online groups like Reproductive Justice Australia , and organisations like MSI Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre.

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China Reopens Entry & 7 Days Left in Owatch Triple-2 Shopping Fest

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Reinstate the policies of visa-free entry to Hainan, visa-free entry to Shanghai cruise ships, visa-free entry to Guangdong by groups of foreigners from Hong Kong and Macau, and visa-free entry to Guilin by ASEAN tourist groups.

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