Tag: Virtual reality

Honda Uses Virtual Reality to Transport CHOC Patients into a Magical Snow Globe for the Holidays

Stuart Mitchell

For the holiday season, Honda is using virtual reality to create a one-of-a-kind winter wonderland in “The Magic Snow Globe,” an interactive world personalized for patients at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s). Honda invited the young patients at CHOC Children’s to go inside a real snow globe through a “shrinking machine.” Using VR technology, the kids experienced the feeling of shrinking and being transported inside the snow globe. Once inside, they explored and interacted with all sorts of holiday-themed elements in the virtual snow globe. “One of…

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Innovative virtual reality film provides stark insight into life in drought-affected Somalia

Stuart Mitchell

‘Famine’ is one of a series of four immersive films highlighting the tangible consequences of climate change.  Save the Children is launching this virtual reality (VR) film which transports the viewer to the parched land of northern Somalia. The charity partnered with Participant Media and Condition One, who filmed and produced This is Climate Change, a critically-acclaimed VR film series that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film is now available for media outlets from today to host on their websites (see embed code in notes to…

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Payscout Announces World’s First Donation Made in Virtual Reality

Stuart Mitchell

Payscout, Inc., have announced at  CES 2018 Digital Money Forum panel session that the first frictionless donation has been executed in virtual reality. The donation was made to the Jefferson Awards Foundation (JAF) within an immersive VR experience that features 360-degree video placing the viewer at the center of an awards ceremony honoring middle and high school-aged social entrepreneurs from the greater Los Angeles area. The entire experience, including the ability to donate to JAF without having to remove the VR headset, is contained within a mobile-based enterprise application that…

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Dogs Trust use VR for the first time for face-to-face Fundraising.

Stuart Mitchell

Dogs Trust have partnered with GOOD Agency to launch a brand new Virtual Reality fundraising experience.  Dogs Trust’s face-to-face fundraisers needed to find a way to cut through and grab the attention of people inundated with constant messaging, and show them what a difference they can make. GOOD Agency have been working with Dogs Trust to create an immersive virtual reality experience that truly engages the public; a powerful way to demonstrate the impact donors can have for the thousands of dogs each year that Dogs Trust care for. Launching…

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VR helps dementia sufferers by transporting them back in time

Stuart Mitchell

The Wayback is a virtual reality film series designed to help those living with Alzheimer’s and their carers. The free to use resource harnesses the power of the latest Virtual Reality technology, allowing those living with the condition to fully immerse themselves in moments of the past.  Developed with advice from leading experts in dementia care, ‘The Wayback’ is designed to stimulate memories and take viewers back to a time when they didn’t have the degenerative disease. The pilot film focuses on the Queen’s Coronation on June 2nd, 1953.  Producers…

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