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Reuniting Undocumented Immigrant Families with VR

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In one example of a VR Postcard that I experienced, a woman named Marleny is wearing a Samsung Gear headset and she’s already feeling emotional as she explores her grandparent’s backyard in VR. The woman is in fact, the mother of Frisly Soberanis, and she has not returned to Guatemala in 15 years.

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How Nokia Broke Into Virtual Reality With Its Ozo Camera

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Video came along and people would hire someone to film a wedding, maybe. But something like the Samsung Gear VR, we don’t know how much it gets used, but at least you have the capability. People have gone to fantastic locations, like inside a volcano in Guatemala. Wealthy people would have family pictures once a year.