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Al Jazeera Debuts First VR Documentary ‘I Am Rohingya’

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Jamalida Begum is a Rohingya Muslim woman living at the camp after fleeing violence in her native Myanmar. “I Along with live footage from the Kutupalong camp, the film features animated flashbacks artfully woven into the narrative as Jamalida recounts her harrowing escape out of Myanmar.

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Google Partners With CyArk to 3D Scan the World’s Historical Sites, Provide Open Access to Data

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Sites such as the Ananda Ok Kyaung temple, in Bagan, Myanmar remain closed to visitors due to the damage from a 2016 earthquake. You can check out a number of CyArks scans in VR through the MasterWorks app for Oculus Rift and Gear VR. You can now virtually step inside and discover its famous wall paintings for yourself.

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Temple Run: CyArk Taps GPUs to Capture Visual Records of World Heritage Sites

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A software developer who’d just sold his industrial mapping company, Kacyra wanted to do something good with his technology skills. In addition to the Bagan tour, CyArk recently released MasterWorks VR, a free app for the Oculus Rift VR headset. Before and after view of a Bamiyan buddha. A Premium on Processing. For Now, More Data.

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