Education 2.0 & 3.0

Charlotte Cullen:  "How will viewers follow a story if they are able to look wherever they want? How will a director make scene cuts without making the user sick?"

First of all, lets imagine that in the classroom the students will be able to handle this resource in order to increase their speaking and reading skills in one tool. I know that this is something utopian in our context not only because of the price of the product and  the scarce technological resources that some schools face. However, this does not imply that the product can not be used.

Maybe, one day this kind of resources will be implemented here in Colombia.

Fascinating new ways to present narratives... "letting us experience stories in a visceral, multi-sensual, personal and participatory way."  "Clouds over Sidra" is one of the projects featured in the exhibit created by vrse tools.  This virtual reality project immerses the viewer into a Syrian refugee camp through the eyes of a 12 year old girl.  Although vrse tools are out of my capacity to navigate, I can only imagine how cool it would be to recreate historical events in a virtual reality to allow students to explore the past in such an intimate way. 

Exciting times to be a content creator.

Storytelling gets visceral. Exhibition allows audience to experience stories in a multi-sensual, personal and participatory way.

Kate Abrosimova:  "The craft of storytelling is experiencing a sea-change in its development. Putting a viewer in the event directly with the help of virtual reality technology is what journalists are likely to be doing in the next decade."

If journalists want to raise real awareness of what is going on in the world, they can´t just offer the audience facts and images.  They also have to give possibilities to feel the reality. Nonny de la Peña´s Project Syria is a great example of it.

A truly interesting project which could increase sense of empathy and understanding. 

Bill Desowitz:  "Is Virtual Reality going to finally be an interactive game-changer? Its proponents showed up in Stuttgart at FMX to make their case."

Jess Linington:  "Immersing your audience in hyper-real situations can evoke intense reactions - How do you balance the potential of projects with the ethics of immersion?"

“You should design for these issues – they aren’t an afterthought, they should be built in.”

Virtual reality experience can evoke intense reactions among the participants. Audience testing and the possibility to debrief experiences afterwards make sure the audience trust you as an immersive reality storyteller in the future, too.

Jeff Sneider:  "Industry power players James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh and Werner Herzog are also among the growing list who are interested in exploring the budding medium"