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Celebrate Earth Day With These Nature Themed VR Experiences

VRScout

Immersive experiences that highlight the importance of environmental protection. Thankfully, immersive technology—such as VR—has proven to be the ideal tool for educating the public on environmental issues and spread awareness through immersive projects designed to envoke a sense of empathy with the user.

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NewImages, Cannes, Tribeca Join Forces In Unprecedented Collab

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To learn more about the collaboration as well as each festival’s unique approach, I caught up with Michael Swierczynski, Director of NewImages Festival; Guillaume Esmiol, Deputy Director of Cannes’ Marché du Film; and Loren Hammonds, Vice President of Immersive Programming of the Tribeca Festival.

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African Americans in virtual reality

Hypergrid Business

Not only does the film feature some impressive uses of immersive virtual reality — check out Shuri driving a car via a remote virtual interface in the clip above — but you can also become Black Panther in Marvel Powers United VR for the Oculus Rift. Documentaries. Watch the 360-video below, or in your favorite VR headset.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. ” Feature Image Credit: Kaleidoscope, Vulcan.

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Upgrading VR Storytelling

Tech Trends VR

This year’s Raindance Film Festival in London showcased an amazing selection of immersive stories. 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.

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The Best VR Experiences From Raindance Film Festival 2018

VRScout

In the space of a year, Rakušanová also found that the quality bar had been raised considerably across the board, which was reflected in the fact that the Raindance Gallery of Immersive Stories and Interactive Worlds was sold out for the entirety of the three-day event. . The VR experience consists of two elements.

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