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

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15 VR short films scheduled to debut at Tribeca Immersive will be available later this month on standalone Oculus headsets. Tharu comes to Korea from Myanmar in hopes of becoming a trained engineer. This 3D animated experience is made in partnership with Oculus VR for Good and Yellow Boat of Hope. Image Credit: Bobby Carlton ).

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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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To jumpstart things, CyArk, in conjunction with Google — which has provided cloud computing resources, funding and technical support — has released a virtual tour of the ancient city of Bagan , in central Myanmar, that shows off what’s possible. Through the open heritage program, anyone can take the data and build educational experiences.

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