Soumen Ganguly, a management consultant with more than 14 years experience in the telecommunications, media and technology space, thinks there is a lot of potential for virtual reality (VR). Unlike 3D, which at a pointin the 2000s was seen as a game changer in media consumption, virtual reality is more widely applicable, leading to “diverse, high quality content.” In addition, it … Read More
Featured in Journalism.co.uk
Check it out: #STOPtrafficking2016 made it on the front page of Journalism.co.uk “Imagine you are walking down the street in Rio during the Olympic Games or in the United States, where the US presidential elections are still in full swing. You reach a billboard or a sign showing the Olympic rings or Hillary Clinton’s campaign logo, and by simply pointing your … Read More
Can VR induce empathy? Behind our work with the Tow Center at Columbia Journalism School
Can new technologies like virtual and augmented reality and 360 video induce empathy in users? That is what Empathetic Media founder Dan Archer is studying in collaboration with Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. A first of its kind project, this research will result in an analysis of empathy and whether users can more closely relate to characters and situations in a VR … Read More
How we met Hari from Nepal – #STOPtrafficking2016
As part of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, we released our latest augmented reality story, “#STOPtrafficking2016.” The AR experience uses traffic stop signs as a trigger. Users can go up to a real world stop sign or a graphic of one to view the story, which explores human trafficking through the stories of three people affected by it. Below, Empathetic … Read More
360 film highlights the beautiful effects of protecting ecosystems
While we previously wrote about how virtual reality (VR) is being used to shed light on parts of the world that are being negatively affected by climate change and human intervention, this recent piece for Conservation International proves that VR can also be used to show how people are working to rebuild ecosystems. The Bird’s Head Seascape surrounding Papua New Guinea in … Read More
Learn about our new AR story #STOPtrafficking2016
The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30 seeks to find justice for the approximately 21 million people who are trafficked annually around the world. This is a global issue: according to the UN, at least 127 of the 195 recognized countries have reported incidents of trafficking. Empathetic Media has partnered with the ATTeam from the Red Cross Pancevo (part of the … Read More
Four facts about human trafficking
The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30 seeks to find justice for the approximately 21 million people trafficked annually around the world. Empathetic Media has partnered with the ATTeam of the Red Cross of Pancevo in Serbia to raise awareness about the issue of modern human slavery. The story, entitled “#STOPtrafficking2016”, will be hosted on Empathetic Media’s free … Read More
Five projects using different mediums to explore human trafficking
The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30 seeks to find justice for the approximately 21 million people who are trafficked annually around the world. To raise awareness about modern human slavery, we are launching our latest augmented reality piece, “#STOPtrafficking2016,” on our app ARc Stories this Friday. It is a partnership with the ATTeam from the Red Cross Pancevo, part … Read More
Telling the story of modern human slavery through augmented reality
Osei is a young boy in Ghana forced to work for a fishing master. Hari is a father in Nepal trapped in debt bondage. Gwen is a teenager in the United States stuck in a prostitution ring. What do all three of these people have in common? They have all been affected by human trafficking. The World Day Against Trafficking … Read More
The Importance of Journalism Following Police Shootings
Two years after Eric Garner’s death on July 17, 2014, the only person at the scene who has been indicted is Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the police confrontation. On July 7, 2016, Orta pleaded guilty to unrelated weapons and drug charges and will likely spend four years in jail. Since he released the cellphone video to the New … Read More