Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland

Reimagined Volume I: Nyssa

Inspired by the Brothers Grimm folktale, the story follows Nyssa, a fearless yet naive young witch who leaves her whimsical village in order to find her best friend, a toy broom named...Broom.

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Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland

Reimagined: A VR Animation Series

Welcome to Reimagined!  A Webby and Peabody nominated female led; written, directed, and produced VR animated anthology series in partnership with Meta.

As a Producer’s Guild of Innovation Award finalist, this series is hand drawn and animated in VR using Quill by Smoothstep. Reimagined introduces audiences to a new variety of storybook by showcasing lesser-known fables, mythology, and folklore in a gender-inclusive experience.

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Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland

Lutaw

Step into Geramy’s world, a scrappy, budding inventor, who is trying to find a better way to commute to school.

Based in the Philippines, this story highlights the students that swim between the small islands in order to travel to the nearest elementary or high schools in their remote areas.

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POV: Points of View

POV: Points Of View is a Sci-Fi virtual reality and Web XR experience based on the systemic threat of surveillance technology in law enforcement. The goal with POV is to influence positive oversight into the research and development of emerging technologies like facial recognition, data/privacy surveillance, and A.I.

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Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland

Face to Face

A shotgun blast took away Michelle’s eyes, nose, and upper palate, leaving her permanently blind and unable to smell. This inspiring woman wears a bandana around her home and a specially made facial prosthesis when she goes out and about.  

Michelle is raising two daughters as a single mother. We wanted the audience to become a guest in Michelle’s home as an intimate and human way to learn about her story.

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Education Above All’s AR Wall

Education Above All (EAA) is a global foundation protecting the right of children and youth to quality education.

Guests position an iPad camera over the country or territory, and are taken to one of 70 classrooms or villages in that community positively affected by the work of EAA.

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Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland Creator Michaela Ternasky-Holland

Capturing Everest

Capturing Everest premiered in May 2017 on the LIFE VR app, on an SI.com "Capturing Everest" microsite, and on the first augmented reality cover and article of Sports Illustrated’s print magazine. This was no ordinary Everest expedition. 

The four episodes follow the harrowing journey of climbers Jeff Glasbrenner, who became the first American amputee to summit Everest on this expedition; breast cancer survivor Lisa Thompson; and Brent Bishop, son of legendary climber Barry Bishop. 

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Inside My Head

A collaboration with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and Temme Media, this project takes you into the mind of someone living with Cerebral Palsy in order to shine light upon issues such as staring, accessibility, and miscommunication.

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Dreams of the Jaguar’s Daughter

Dreams Of The Jaguar's Daughter is a surreal VR documentary where Achik', the spirit of a young Maya immigrant, guides the viewer through her memories of an arduous journey north. Supported by Tribeca Film Institute.

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Those Before Us

Those Before Us is an audio-immersive XR dance experience designed for public spaces. Audience participants explore historic locations through audio-narration, with the freedom and autonomy to switch between distinct narratives across different time periods. They encounter dancers who embody these intimate narrations in and around each location, bringing the experience to life as it is being told.

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ICONIC: Black Panther XR

Iconic Black Panther: XR is a mixed-reality public art experience dedicated to exploring the enduring social and political impact of the Black Panther Party, presented in partnership with the Sepia Collective and Crux.

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Consultant Michaela Ternasky-Holland Consultant Michaela Ternasky-Holland

In Protest VR

From the frontlines of resistance, a constellation of Black voices challenges systemic American racism in a new four-volume series entitled IN PROTEST: Grassroots Stories from the Front Lines, made in collaboration by GRX Immersive Labs and Oculus’s VR for Good.

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