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This VR Game Doubles As A Clean Water Educational Tool

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Pollutants become monsters in this HTC Vive clean water educational game. Non-profit organization Water is Life, known for creative campaigns including Hashtag Killer and Kenya Bucket List, has taken activism VR to new heights with brand new game, Hidden Dangers.

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African Americans in virtual reality

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Narrated by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyongo, My Africa shines a light on a wildlife conservatory and its connection with the people of Northern Kenya. Simplistic yet sublime My Africa will have viewers not only fall in love with the subjects but with the beauty of Kenya as well. JMIR Serious Games. Hyphen-Labs.

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Tribeca Film Festival’s Virtual Arcade Steps Up VR Game For 2018

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Narrated by Lupita Nyong’o, My Africa is a 360-degree documentary short dedicated to covering the impressive efforts by Northern Kenya tribes to protect African wildlife from poachers. The post Tribeca Film Festival’s Virtual Arcade Steps Up VR Game For 2018 appeared first on VRScout.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These Nature Themed VR Experiences

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Narrated by Lupita Nyong’o, My Africa is an eye-opening 360-degree documentary short that covers the courageous efforts of Northern Kenya tribes to protect African wildlife from animal poachers. The games last update, Animal Kingdom, introduced 60 different animals to the experience, injecting new life into your digital environments.

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Meta makes fundraising easier ahead of Earth Day

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Over on Instagram, the most popular climate-related organizations with donors are The Ocean Cleanup , a plastic-free ocean nonprofit; the World Wildlife Fund , a nonprofit leader in global nature conservation; and the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust , a wildlife and habitat conservation nonprofit based in Kenya.

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SIGGRAPH 2019 Conference Will Feature Four World-Premiere VR/AR Experiences

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Magic Leap, Disney, and Epic Games are bringing their A-game to the annual tech conference. Pixel Ripped 1989 – A game within a game, original, fun, and packed full of surprises that will keep you guessing along the way. To demonstrate our device, we also design a diving game to show the utility of LiquidMask.

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Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups

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Kenya’s Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after Goldman investment. Last week, Facebook announced it was buying Beat Games, the game studio behind Beat Saber, a rhythm game that’s equal parts Fruit Ninja and Guitar Hero. African fintech startup OPay gains $120M from Chinese investors . M&A (VR edition).

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