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Climate Change

Using VR to Drive Home the Climate Crisis

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Jeremy Gilmer

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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this past January, the movers and shakers of the financial, government and tech worlds discovered a novel addition to the usual meetings, lunches and presentations: a fully immersive virtual tour of the destructive fires affecting the Amazon Rainfor…

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The Virtual Reality experience is called Be Earth 13. Produced by the non-profit organization XR Impact in association with Oculus and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), it uses immersive technology to create projects based on UN Sustainable Development goals—and, just maybe, to change some people’s perspectives.

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