Getting real with virtual reality
summary
UN virtual reality unit builds short immersive documentaries like Clouds Over Sidra (a 12‑year‑old in Zaatari camp) and a four‑minute cut shown in 40 countries with face‑to‑face fundraisers, which the team measures as doubled donations for UNICEF. Work emphasizes contextual storytelling over shock, uses headset rigs plus sound and camera‑height tricks to produce presence, and deploys films such as My Mother's Wing in Tel Aviv streets for tracked peacebuilding effects rather than mere spectacle.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to VR at UN
- 1:06Evolution of media with pain
- 3:38Why showing pain isn't enough
- 7:34VR storytelling approach
- 11:54VR impact at the UN
- 13:40Presence in virtual reality
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