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UNAIDS Launches Educational 360-Degree Series Ahead Of World AIDS Day

VRScout

UNAIDS partners with Google & Makhulu Media for a series of VR films about HIV testing. South Africa alone currently has 7.2 The youth and health-care workers involved in the film believe that having the films played to people in waiting rooms in clinics would be very useful.”.

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In Gaia's New Trailer, the Earth's First God Wakes From Her Slumber to Kill

GizModo VR

In director Jaco Bouwer’s Gaia , which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival , there is something ancient, powerful, and unimaginably dangerous living deep in the Tsitsikamma forest of South Africa.

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

VRScout

Over the past several years, the legendary Sundance Film Festival has transformed from a high-profile celebration of independent film into a haven for bleeding-edge multimedia projects. These locations will serve as the home bases for an eclectic catalog of carefully curated film, art, and technology. NEW FRONTIER SHORTS.

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Man Proposes In Zero Latency’s VR Zombie Arena

VRScout

Kelly entered the arena with Alex and several friends as a film crew stealthily captured every moment. It was then that Kelly was transported to a painstakingly recreated version of her favorite place in the world, her grandparent’s home in South Africa.

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I Am Because of You Is Impactful VR Created On A $10,000 Budget

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I Am Because of You was put together in Africa with only $10,000 and we chatted with Ben Bernstein, the director of the film, along with Impact’s VP of internal relations Emily Anderson about how they managed. Does VR alienate teams with small budgets?

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9 best sci-fi movies on Prime Video for a world-rattling escape

Mashable VR

In 2009, writer/director Neill Blomkamp broke through with his feature debut by bringing an extraterrestrial premise to Earth in his hometown of Johannesburg, South Africa. Fay and Everett's night is already one they'll never forget, and a film that stays with you long after you watch it. Credit: Moviestore/Shutterstock.

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Netflix's 'Resident Evil' never divorces its story from the games. Is that on purpose?

Mashable VR

There's ample evidence across all of time and space that any attempt to adapt Capcom's hit horror series for TV or film will produce middling popcorn action at best, and a painfully dull fun vacuum at worst. Resident Evil on Netflix unexpectedly.nails it? I know, I'm shocked too. That's all you really need to know.

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