Vive Impact was fortunate to participate in a very special film festival bringing exposure to female content creators around the world. The UN Women’s San Francisco Bay Area Chapter hosted its third annual Global Voices Film Festival in May 2019, featuring VR experiences and cinema by emerging and established filmmakers.
Read MoreWhere Thoughts Go is an intimate virtual reality world where you can discover the dreams, fears and secrets of others. Set in a world where human thoughts exist as sleeping creatures, they await to be awakened.
Read MoreFrom Arte, this animated documentary immerses the viewer in the trial which convicted Nelson Mandela during the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Read MoreDeveloped by Vision3 and in conjunction with Conservation International, My Africa is a 360° video and interactive VR experience, highlighting the remarkable work being done at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in Kenya.
Read MoreTree, co-directed by Winslow Porter and Milica Zec of New Reality Company, is a critically acclaimed virtual reality experience enhanced via haptic feedback to immerse viewers in the tragic fate that befalls a rainforest tree.
Read MoreChicago, Illinois - February 27, 2020 - Seated behind an old desk of his at the DuSable Museum of African American History, an animatronic Harold Washington occasionally rouses himself to tell part of his story as Chicago’s first black mayor.
That was, let’s call it, first-generation virtual reality technology.
Read MoreLife-saving Instruction for Emergences (LIFE) is a VR medical training platform developed by doctors, nurses and researchers at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kenya and Oxford University. Officially launched in November 2019, LIFE allows healthcare workers to practice life-saving skills via a realistic 3D virtual hospital using the Vive Focus mobile headset.
Read MoreGlobal Leaders Experience the "VR for Impact" Title at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland
DAVOS, Switzerland - January 24, 2019 - HTC VIVE's "VR for Impact" initiative and New Reality Company today announced that the critically acclaimed virtual reality experience, Tree, is set to launch on VIVEPORT on January 24th. The immersive VR project is currently being showcased at World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos this week to the leaders of global society on the HTC VIVE PRO with the VIVE Wireless Adapter. In addition, VIVEPORT has pledged to donate funds from the first 1,000 purchases of Tree to the Rainforest Alliance to support its vital work to conserve the world's most critically threatened tropical rainforests.
Read MoreVive Team • April 22, 2019 - Earth Day is a worldwide celebration of our environment, and a movement that calls for action in preserving our planet and its ecosystems. Started in 1970, this global initiative unites efforts from groups everywhere to reaffirm our commitment to preserve and improve our planet for the future. At Vive, we’re committed to supporting content that raises awareness regarding climate change as part of our VR for Impact program.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2018 - Millions of people around the world suffer amputation and disability due to war, accident, and congenital conditions. Yet relatively few of them have access to mobility aids that would allow them to walk, a freedom most people take for granted. Without prosthetic limbs, it can be incredibly difficult to participate in education, work or even social activities, especially in the developing world. Beyond the tremendous impact this has on individuals, there are economic and social costs to families and even communities.
Read More“The Circadian Rhythm” VR Experience Shown During Nobel Week and Will Be Available Through Viveport in March 2018
Stockholm, Sweden – December 5, 2017 – During the Nobel Week when the Nobel Laureates come to Stockholm and Oslo, HTC VIVE™ and Nobel Media announced a partnership to create the first virtual reality experience for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The VR experience "The Circadian Rhythm" takes viewers on a journey into the cellular level of the human body, where they are able to learn about and interact with our biological clock to gain a greater understanding of its inner workings. This truly unique VR experience showcases the contributions of Nobel Laureates and explains how plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Earth's revolutions.
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