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African Americans in virtual reality

Hypergrid Business

That is even more prevalent within the Virtual Reality community. 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.

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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

Road to VR

Narrated by Academy Award-winning Actress Lupita Nyong’o, My Africa takes viewers to an elephant sanctuary in Kenya, where a community is creating a place where humans and animals can once again coexist. The group’s goal is to “turn awareness into action through art and interactive media.” Valen’s Reef.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

VRScout

. “In 2014 the sleepy agrarian community of Chibok (Borno State, North East Nigeria) was thrust into the global spotlight when the dreaded, anti-women education, terrorist group Boko Haram stormed the town at night and abducted 276 teenage schoolgirls from their dormitories. ” Feature Image Credit: Kaleidoscope, Vulcan.

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

VRScout

The 12-minute 360-degree/180-degree experience follows a group of young campers forced out on a midnight run by their twisted counselor. 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.

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Equator 360: Unveiling Mysterious Spirits near the Equator

VeeR VR

Equator 360 tackled from a different but more comprehensive way to disclose the myths near the imaginary line on the spheroid's surface by integrating virtual reality into storytelling. To find the lost paradise, Jolliet had to go to the isolated places and he found four authentic groups living in the paradises.

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Suzanne Borders says it all on being a female entrepreneur in XR

The Ghost Howls

When you have these groups of people that are super hyper-technical about breaking down stuff and talking about steps, and talking about hardware and performance… you sometimes freak people out… because it’s so technical and they’re like “oh I don’t have anything to say about that, or what if I say something wrong?”

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VR Cybertruck – Amusement Equipment of Choice for Big Venues

Steki Amusement

VR Cybertruck, 9D VR Cinema 6 Seats With a unique futuristic and mechanical aesthetic concept, it stimulates the visual senses of the user group and enhances the user experience. Combined with a variety of built-in exciting and fun VR games, it gives consumers a full range of sensory stimulation experience.