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Reuniting Undocumented Immigrant Families with VR

VRScout

The project began when Alvaro Morales, an undocumented immigrant from Huancayo, Peru, tried a Google Cardboard to virtually explore the Palace of Versailles in Paris. The technology blew him away. “The greatest asset that virtual reality has for the Family Reunions Project is it can transport people,” said Morales.

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10 Industries Using VR in Marketing Strategies

VeeR VR

Now that the technology is stable and easily accessible, brands and businesses are increasingly looking to VR technology and incorporating it into their marketing strategies. It is available for free through Google cardboard. Now with the use of VR, customers can tag along on one the company’s charity initiatives in Peru.

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The portrait of an avatar as a young artist

TechCrunch VR

Alice Lloyd George is an early stage investor based in New York and the host of Flux , a series of podcast conversations with leaders in frontier technology. LaTurbo has exhibited all over the world from Peru to Korea to the Whitney in New York. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Metaphorically of course.

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PenPal Schools launches a VR field trip for students to promote Pakistan

Hypergrid Business

Kathleen Corley, a Technology Facilitator K-5 Patton and Windsor Elementary Schools has shared the story on Twitter. Pakistan is one of the six Muslim countries targeted in an attempted travel ban by the Trump administration, and many people see it as unstable. The reception among teachers has been positive.