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The national police force in The Netherlands has been making use of 3D scanners of various types to document crime scenes.

Launched in 2017, Contrast is a bold experiment in storytelling that brings Al Jazeera’s signature focus on the lives of those in underreported global locales to the burgeoning world of immersive media.

Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC)’s Science program, Catalyst visits a fitness center where VR headsets and joysticks are every bit as impactful as the free weights and treadmills.

Founded by Dr Madhu Viswanathan, the Market Place Literacy Project “aims to engender knowledge and skills, self-confidence and awareness of rights” in its participants. These principles are being taught through 360º video content, putting global students in the shoes of Tanzanians.

Human Centered Design major – and TLT maker-in-residence – Diane Akpovwa was tapped to serve as the Centre Film Festival’s first and only VR intern for the 2025 season. Akpovwa selected six short, immersive films that festival-goers could engage with in a space she also curated.

By using AR, Looking Glass users are able to see “an alternate city” where Pittsburgh’s Black residents were able to thrive and feel welcome for generations in the mid-20th century.

The Smithsonian’s X 3D digitization program has been transforming this venerable institution’s extensive collections and on-going scientific projects into a globally accessible library of wildly accurate, online 3D models.

Top shelf Japanese department store Isetan has moved its flagship store in Shinjuku entirely into virtual reality with a new smartphone app. As a response to COVID-19, the century-old retailer followed prevailing online shopping trends but leveraged a custom VR app to recreate the high-touch buying experience that its customers have come to expect.

This WCVB news broadcast highlights a hometown Boston company, PTC, and how they are able to provide customers with a platform for remote support and expert mentorship through their Vuforia Chalk software.

PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) aimed to prove the efficacy of virtual reality-based learning by comparing a traditional classroom training on inclusive leadership (and its existing eLearning counterpart) with a bespoke VR experience based around the same lessons.

The BBC, venerable news organization and purveyor of countless visionary documentaries and educational films via traditional formats, is exploring the potential for creating meaningful media in augmented reality.

CNN Style takes a quick look at a brand new effort to enlist the public’s help in preserving cultural heritage as it is being quickly destroyed by conflict in Ukraine.

Following up on his waist-deep in the rising sea address to COP26, Tuvalu’s foreign minister, Simon Kofe announced his nation’s plans to create a digital copy of the country for preservation through the Metaverse.

Audi, famous for its stylish, tech-forward German vehicles for decades, continues to push the boundaries of in-car technologies with its new Q4 e-tron. “e-tron” is Audi-speak for “electric” making the small cross-over a future-facing EV option.

Reuters reports on groundbreaking research conducted in the UK between the University of Kent and St Andrew’s Healthcare in which eight patients living with dementia were presented with a series of virtual reality experiences meant to recall fond memories from their own lives.