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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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First Al Jazeera VR movie Debuts: “I Am Rohingya”

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“I Am Rohingya” follows the story of a young woman, Jamalida, as she tells the persecution she faced in Myanmar and shows us her daily life now in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. The latest addition to Al Jazeera’s growing network specializes in 360-degree video, augmented reality, and virtual reality production.

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Tribeca Film Fest To Release VR Films On Oculus Quest & Go After Coronavirus Cancellation

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Tharu comes to Korea from Myanmar in hopes of becoming a trained engineer. Linus is on a journey to find painless ways to die inside a video game simulation that emulates sensory experiences. Rain Fruits (World Premiere)—South Korea : Project Creators: Youngyoon Song, Sngmoo Lee. Key Collaborator: Froso Tsipopoulou.

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Top 8 Media Using 360° Videos for Immersive News Stories

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Immersive media is a collective term that incorporates 360-degree video, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and volumetric capture (includes both CGI and 3-D scanning). The Times’ arrangement with Samsung will wrap up at the end of 2017, and the Times will continue to produce 360-degree videos on a smaller scale after.

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Al Jazeera Releases VR Documentary ‘I Am Rohingya’

VRScout

The first in a series of original VR documentaries covering cultures hit by conflict, I Am Rohingya tackles the ongoing refugee crisis caused by the brutal ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, Burma. I Am Rohingya joins Al Jazeera’s rapidly growing 360° video catalog and serves as the media group’s first foray into lengthier 360° content.

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

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There was no record, no videos, no detailed photos,” said John Ristevski, CEO of CyArk, who helped Kacyra with the organization’s initial projects. The Taliban’s appalling actions gave him a perfect topic on which to focus. Ben was aghast and thought we needed 3D records of these things.”.

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VR Cybertruck – Amusement Equipment of Choice for Big Venues

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Whether playing games or watching videos, users’ VR experience is taken to the next level. At the same time, the self-developed 6DoF positioning and tracking algorithm combined with a variety of optical sensors not only has ultra-low latency, but also more accurate spatial positioning.