Family Reunions Project
- Label
- Family Reunions Project
- Principal Link
- www.familyreunionsproject.com
- Additional Link
- www.facebook.com
- Description
- VR is hailed for its ability to transport. The Family Reunions Project (FRP) is using this power to create immersive virtual reunions between undocumented immigrants and their families abroad. The FRP consists of two components. 1) Virtual Reunions via VR Postcards. VR Postcards consist of 360-degree video experiences that are pre-recorded and screened privately for families that have been separated due to immigration status. As VR technology advances, so too does our ability to connect people across distances. Our most recent "VR Postcards" have included room-scale 3D recreations of homes via photogrammetry. 2) Storytelling. The FRP culminated with "Home with America," a VR documentary around one of the families that participated in the FRP. In this award-winning documentary, Gladys, an undocumented immigrant, cannot visit her dying mother, America. Defying this separation, Gladys finds a way, however ephemeral, to reunite with her mother.
- Creators
- Sumak Productions, Alvaro Morales, Frisly Soberanis, Cami Dominguez
- Contact Information
- info@familyreunionsproject.com
- www.facebook.com
- Status
- in progress