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Using Augmented Reality to Fight World Hunger

ARPost

The ever-expanding range of immersive tools is slowly transforming multiple industries, from retail and entertainment to healthcare. In the future, AR and other immersive technologies could also play their role in overcoming environmental and social issues. In South Sudan, the cost of a decent meal is equivalent to a $348.36

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BBC Launches New VR Studio with Documentary about the Nile

VRScout

Explore the Nile in this immersive VR documentary released by the BBC’s new VR Hub. In his new two-part immersive documentary, Leithead explains that Ethiopia wants to build Africa’s largest hydroelectric power station and one of the world’s largest dams to provide electricity to the country in desperate need, by damming the Nile.

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Is VR the Future of News?

Tech Trends VR

The film is in full immersive VR, is stereoscopic and features fully spatialised audio. You join him and his crew as he interviews ministers and hear the perspective of locals in the street corners of Sudan and cafés of Khartoum. Viewers will have enjoyed 360 news pieces from the BBC before, but never like this.

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Can Virtual Reality Be TheBold New Frontier of Journalism?

WITHIN

The emotional impact of each story surges in tandem with the immersive qualities of the filmmaking. The impact of being immersed in an otherworldly land that is shaping the future of life on earth is astounding. The Displaced ” is the crushing story of three children driven from their homes in South Sudan, Syria and Ukraine.

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NewImages, Cannes, Tribeca Join Forces In Unprecedented Collab

VRScout

To learn more about the collaboration as well as each festival’s unique approach, I caught up with Michael Swierczynski, Director of NewImages Festival; Guillaume Esmiol, Deputy Director of Cannes’ Marché du Film; and Loren Hammonds, Vice President of Immersive Programming of the Tribeca Festival.

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EON Reality Expands its Rollout in South Sudan Targeting National Rollout with 10,000 Tailored Courses with the Launch of Spatial AI Center and EON AI Autonomous Agents

EON Reality

Empowering South Sudan’s Future: 10,000 Customized Courses for the Modern Workforce IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, MAY 20, 2024 – EON Reality, a global leader in immersive learning technologies such as XR, AI, Virtual Reality (VR), and Augmented Reality (AR), is thrilled to announce the launch of a groundbreaking educational initiative in South Sudan.

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EON Reality Expands its rollout in Sudan targeting national rollout with 10,000 Tailored Courses with the Launch of Spatial AI Center and EON AI Autonomous Agents

EON Reality

EON Reality Announces National Rollout of the Spatial AI Center in Sudan IRVINE, CA – May 13, 2024 – EON Reality, a global leader in immersive learning technologies, is thrilled to announce the launch of a groundbreaking educational initiative in Sudan.

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