This virtual reality showcase is hosted by and presented by award-winning film producer Cassandra Herrman of the Emblematic Group, a California-based studio pioneering immersive virtual reality for investigative journalism. Cassandra will demonstrate Emblematic's work done in collaboration with Frontline, the U.S. Public Broadcasting Corporation’s flagship documentary series.
The room-scale walk-around VR experience, After Solitary, will place the viewer physically and emotionally inside an otherwise inaccessible world. Using state-of-the-art technology such as photogrammetry and volumetric 3D video, the experience pushes the boundaries of immersive storytelling while exploring what virtual reality can bring to journalism.
Also at the demo, we'll be screening “We Who Remain,” a 360-film experience created by Nuba Reports and Emblematic, produced with the New York Times, AJ+ and Arte. The film ushers the viewer into the heart of a forgotten conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan after war broke out between the Sudan government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) in 2011.
