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Is VR the Future of News?

Tech Trends VR

The film is in full immersive VR, is stereoscopic and features fully spatialised audio. You join him and his crew as he interviews ministers and hear the perspective of locals in the street corners of Sudan and cafés of Khartoum. Viewers will have enjoyed 360 news pieces from the BBC before, but never like this.

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The 15 best international movies on Netflix

Mashable VR

From the gritty coming-of-age realism of French film Divines and the suspense of Oxygen to the animated family fun of the Spanish movie Klaus and the riotous comedy of New Zealand's The Breaker Upperers , here we go. Claire Mathon's sunlit cinematography is the perfect backdrop, while Fatima Al Qadiri's score only adds to this film's beauty.

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Using Augmented Reality to Fight World Hunger

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Augmented reality , which enhances the real world through computer-generated images, is changing film, gaming, as well as social media. Viewers went on a journey to three different countries: South Sudan, Jordan, and Bangladesh. In South Sudan, the cost of a decent meal is equivalent to a $348.36 meal in New York.

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Can Virtual Reality Be TheBold New Frontier of Journalism?

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It was the first film ever shot in VR for the UN and it was initially created to help call attention to the need for international partnerships in support of vulnerable communities like the one shown in the film as a 12-year-old Syrian girl guides viewers through a refugee camp in Jordan. and created in partnership with?—?Within.

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NewImages, Cannes, Tribeca Join Forces In Unprecedented Collab

VRScout

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. Image Credit: Reality Check VR.

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AR Project ‘Terminal 3’ Adds Deeper Understanding to Trump’s Travel Ban

VRScout

Terminal 3 , an AR experience released at Tribeca Film Festival, allows users to become a U.S. And as president, he did as he promised and implemented an executive order that would restrict travel from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. With Trump v.

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The 14 best short-ass movies on Netflix

Mashable VR

Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu star as refugees from South Sudan seeking asylum in Britain who are assigned to live in an eerie neighborhood where they aren't welcome. Richie Rich has the promised adventure and warmth of all the best family films — and a short runtime we respect greatly. Me watching this movie ngl. Credit: Netflix.