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Incredibly proud and thrilled to share my 360º “worldizing-video” technique I created in my award-winning 360 immersive thesis film “Walking Past Abandoned Houses, I Think of Eric” as part of this comprehensive guide “Virtual Reality Cinema / Narrative Tips & Techniques", co-authored by the founding director of our MFA in Communication Media Arts program at Ohio University, Eric R. Williams and university colleagues Carrie and Matt Love. Huge shout out to my fellow MFA cohorts who also contributed to the book: VR cinema director content by Josh Crook, and cover design, VR typography and graphics overlay chapter, by Adonis Dorado, Remarkable to think that much of this content was created three years ago in our Spring 2018 MDIA 5220 Virtual Reality: 360 Stories class with Professor Eric Williams, where our team produced an empathy building simulation for medical and law enforcement professionals called FINAL NOTICE. This simulation was so powerful and visionary it helped secure grant funding by the GRIB Lab at Ohio University to produce cinematic VR content for the State of Ohio. The book also includes access to more than two hours of online cine-VR examples you can download and watch on your own HMD. #ouscrippsmfa #cinevr #360video #360videoproduction #immersivefilmmaking #academicpublishing #ohiouniversitygridlab #worldizing360video (at GRID Lab) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLfBM-Tgvgr2zEzQhQYGVPLOOWlacWYmZ4CEh80/?igshid=u2keo0a9bmhw

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Officially submitting my MFA thesis package for the university archives today. As the poem speaks to the opioid epidemic and of Eric’s overdose using a transdermal fentanyl patch, I created a small box using the fentanyl patch motif to honor Eric and safely store the thumb drive containing all of the digital files for archiving. #finalthesisproject #ohiouniversity #ouscrippsmfa #360video #immersiveexperience #ambisonicsound (at Ohio University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_p9R0HAbevkdSTQlFdnr7K0z5P6Mh3aCnlt8M0/?igshid=1pfxe75hr8bcz

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Going to miss this view soon as my academic journey here at Ohio University is winding down. I will be defending my thesis project next Friday in the hopes of completing my MFA in Communication Media Arts. It’s been a life-changing experience for me and am so grateful for this extraordinary opportunity to pursue documentary film making and immersive 360 video storytelling as my two areas of study and research. #ouscrippsmfa #viscomohiou #scrippscollegeou #cutlerhall #scrippshall #gridlab (at E.W. Scripps School of Journalism) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uJh75gepZ4anYwekUzx2ZurffELbjFYZ-04o0/?igshid=4bx8hnmrwr3g

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Curious times and beautiful light. #athensohio #ohiouniversity #emptybrickstreets #ouscrippsmfa #endofgradschoolsoon (at Ohio University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uISOdgngbniQXWzfw4AIq7qj7UH65dQLl2oM0/?igshid=18mubv81pmrvn

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Poet @bcostasbiggs reacts to a short rough cut of our immersive media / poetry collaboration recently. For my MFA thesis project, I am creating an experimental immersive audio/video art experience using head mounted display technology. Barbara’s poem “Walking Past Abandoned Houses, I Think of Eric” shares the story of losing her friend Eric to a transdermal opioid overdose. #ouscrippsmfa #immersivemediaart #oculusgo #headmounteddisplay #experimentalimmersiveart https://www.instagram.com/p/B-BFjweA0KQzpHaSB7vOViPuZc96hc-0FEVGsA0/?igshid=ekhsda5hboze

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Congratulations to my teacher, mentor and colleague, Gary Kirksey. His retrospective exhibition opened tonight: A Retrospective Look at the Photographic Images of Gary Jackson Kirksey at The Chaddock Morrow Gallery. Had the pleasure collaborating with Gary on many of the exhibition prints. Gary was an early adopter of the magical piezography pigment ink printing process pioneered by fellow Ohio University alum Jon Cone. #dairybarnartscenter #garykirksey #pizeographyink #ouscrippsmfa (at The Dairy Barn Arts Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7cNaArJcS1ECC55AJGYreXH6emsNRw8nG_W4c0/?igshid=o4ljfaffczjs

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Chubb Hall / Ohio University #chubbhall #ohiouniversity #ouscrippsmfa #treereflection (at Chubb Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UyvXDpA_j421_vJ3gTrVt8VfCUg5N00HxnQE0/?igshid=oer9obwnjqvv

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Please consider donating anything large or small to those you feel inspire you with the work they are doing for #givingtuesday. I am inspired by the work of fellow Ohio University MFA Communication Media Arts @ouscripps_mfa cohort/colleague Brian Koscho @briankoscho and his MFA thesis project Invisible Ground. He has some fabulous iridescent stickers, @questionablepress letterpress postcards and a sweet bumper sticker available if you show your support. Invisible Ground is a history and storytelling podcast focusing on Southeast Ohio. Help support Invisible Ground as Brian is creating an Immersive Historical Marker that uses a smartphone app and augmented reality to bring the historic Berry Hotel in Athens (shown in 1921 picture) into your smartphone view as his MFA thesis project. This historical marker will come with audio stories about The Berry, a full podcast episode, and school curriculum. Please consider donating to this incredible project! #invisibleground #ouscrippsmfa #southeastohiohistory #letterpressprinting #berryhotel #athensohio (at Athens, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW63XIpPU6ETnMQHu21DVsq2qf4vMNISw_Tbsw0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Celebrating the historic 2020 commencement one year later at the College Green on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio Sunday, September 5th. #ohiouniversity #collegegreen #athensohio #commencement2020in2021 #ouscrippsmfa #masteroffinearts #oneyearlater (at Ohio University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTerbLPgjcE-SjFhJdq6XIDWWdUEKdxU_gtDmo0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Sunday commencement preparations happening on the College Green at Ohio University for the Class of 2020 that had graduation postponed due to Covid-19. #ohiouniversity #collegegreen #athensohio #graduation2020in2021🎓 #ouscrippsmfa (at Ohio University College Green) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTZpz3QgJUsK05CGtJ380n36BJ8so8fBHD2i040/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Excited to share the news that my immersive film received an award in the 2020 Chico Independent Film Festival over the weekend. Honored to share this powerful poem and story about the opioid epidemic in Portsmouth, Ohio to a west coast film festival audience. #immersivefilm #portsmouthohio #opioidawareness #360video #chicoindependentfilmfestival #immersivestorytelling #ouscrippsmfa (at Chico, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyDm0KAYHDtRYLW7P7DV3hsKrZZIvuDxsdzkc0/?igshid=1iu8uwh4y6ky0

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The folks at the FIVARS festival have created an immersive theatre space to view all of the films in this years festival. Here is a link to view the introduction to the festival that featured a couple of clips of my film that I share as screenshots. Honored to be included as part of this extraordinary cutting-edge storytelling festival. https://youtu.be/2DpkVJQHTik Festival director Keram Malicki-Sanchez talks to with developer Jin about the nature of the FIVARS Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories as it enters its 6th year and goes fully online, powered by customized open source code (developed and extended by James Baiconaio and a variety of spatial web designers including Hunter Fox, Ben Cross, Jin, and Malicki-Sanchez) and how it can democratize social interaction in 3D worlds inside the browser. The festival is streaming 4K spherical video with spatialized audio with zero buffer time and no offline content or needs for downloads. Learn more at https://fivars.net #fivars2020 #immersivestorytelling #ouscrippsmfa #barbaracostasbiggs #opioidawareness #portsmouthohio #ambisonicsound #360videography (at Toronto, Ontario, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGalbI3A7tc8q0B70HGdrX26mWPe0Hx_dd4lGc0/?igshid=1xqlfs08pswee

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Opens TODAY! Link in bio. Honored to have my immersive film “Walking Past Abandoned Houses, I Think of Eric” included in this extraordinary festival. Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories October 7th – November 2nd 2020 “The Most Cutting-Edge Storytelling Festival in the World.” ~ Huffington Post 2020 Tickets are now on Sale! FIVARS Features Two Ticket Types: 360 Theatre Pass If you love movies, short films, animation, documentaries, culture, theatre, and the arts, or the strange and esoteric, you can now experience them in 4k resolution via your Desktop Web Browser (no special equipment required!) in our custom-built 360° web theatre, or optionally, using any VR headset, or even one of those “Google Cardboards” or 360° Viewers, you got as a Holiday Gift and didn’t know what to do with…Until now! To explore the High Resolution 360° Theatre, you want the FIVARS 360 Theatre Pass for $14.99 CAD! (plus those pesky fees and taxes) Your ticket will provide you with credits that will correspond to the number of Stories available at the festival. You will use One Credit per Viewing. If you watch a story more than once, it will use an additional credit. All Access Pass: If you own a VR headset like an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, then, in addition to the 360° Theatre you will gain access to our Interactive Experiences, industry talks with content creators, producers, and programmers, and our Private Discord Server. Purchase the All -Access Pass for only $32.99 CAD(plus fees and taxes). #fivars2020 #portsmouthohio #opioidcrisisawareness #immersiveart #ouscrippsmfa #360video (at Toronto, Ontario, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGD-VUaAG7LA7N7EOO_GI7HJk1UAiKjvrn2aWA0/?igshid=103iu2vhybd9p

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Honored to announce that my immersive MFA thesis film, “Walking Past Abandoned Houses, I Think of Eric” featuring Portsmouth, Ohio poet Barbara Costas-Biggs, will make its world premiere October 7th, in Toronto, Canada as an official selection of the 6th Annual FIVARS Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Stories festival. Huffington Post has named this festival “The Most Cutting-Edge Storytelling Festival in the World.” TORONTO — Congratulations! Our jury has carefully selected your entry from over 200 international entrants submitted over the past 12 months to be among the Official Selections at the 2020 - 6th Annual FIVARS Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories The Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories focuses on curating the best immersive story-driven content from around the world with the aim of exploring and nurturing this platform for new narrative forms. FIVARS was the first Canadian festival of its kind featuring many world premieres and in our preview screenings and events, audience responses are consistently full of contemplation, surprise, delight, controversy and wonder. The difference is that, unlike modern cinema where you explore these worlds through a window, with Virtual Reality you can now transport into the center of the action, standing inside of the world you wish to explore. Just like real life, if you try to look away from what is in front of you, you will now see what is behind, below, above, to the right or left of you. The real-time response of your head’s movement creates a powerful sense of physical immersion that allows you or your intended audience to connect to the content on a deeper, more visceral level. FIVARS (Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories) openly encourages viewers to enjoy and connect to stories in this newly emergent narrative form, while challenging content creators to showcase ideas that defy and transcend the status quo. #fivars2020 #ouscrippsmfa #opioidcrisis #immersiveartexperience #immersivestorytelling #360videoproduction (at Toronto, Ontario, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF5BFKVg38YiCA2QHw0ROUhPace0MwK0bP7X6g0/?igshid=1h7cf288as4y6

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Some legit snail mail arrived today. #graduateschoolcompleted #mfathesis #ohiouniversityalumni #ouscrippsmfa (at Ohio University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCW_sbCgeNQfww4GHGsLId0l26R5B7FDCzXdVs0/?igshid=zz8kqpwbtpmr

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Thank you @adonisdurado for creating this delightful digital graduation picture of our MFA cohort. Honored and humbled to be graduating with this extraordinarily talented cohort of creative minds. It has been a wild, beautiful and inspiring experience to say the least! Thank you @adonisdurado @bbeard53 @dealspalm @kellyeannora @oblowery @nicky_1391 and #joshcrook for sharing your time, talents and kindness with me. I am deeply grateful. #ouscrippsmfa #mfacohort #gratefulthankfulblessed https://www.instagram.com/p/B_sh6sqgVp-_8t-SwUaDQcfvQQd8Alqi_9AAXU0/?igshid=1ffphxjumwj6k