“Five Years Later” experience published as part of Immersive Prosocial Audiovisual Narratives research project

Now available: Five Years Later, an immersive media production about migration
An outcome of the Immersive Prosocial Audiovisual Narratives (NAPI) research project
At the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Five Years Later: https://casoaquarius.webs.upv.es/en/
NAPI project: https://napiproject.webs.upv.es/en/

We are pleased to share the publication of an immersive media production about migration on the Meta Store. Five Years Later (2024) is an immersive documentary that offers a six degrees of freedom (6DoF) experience. It is also a hybrid media production that combines computer generated imagery with real images filmed in 360º video and volumetric video. It addresses the social issues of migration through the case of the rescue ship Aquarius chartered by Doctors Without Borders. On June 17, 2018, this ship docked at the port of the city of Valencia (Spain) with 629 people on board, who were rescued from drowning in the Central Mediterranean. On June 24, 2023, the fifth anniversary of its arrival was celebrated. This immersive documentary reflects on how their lives have been during these five years in Valencian lands through the life stories of two survivors: Mosses Von Kallon (president of the Aquarius Survivors Association and recently awarded by the National Youth Award in Human Rights) and Alhassane Diallo and his host family. It also includes testimonies from two activists from the host society. (https://casoaquarius.webs.upv.es/en/)

Five Years Later is one of the outcomes of the Immersive Prosocial Audiovisual Narratives research project, which aims to explore the potential of immersive technologies as a new medium for storytelling with a prosocial purpose. Thus, we seek to measure to what extent immersive narratives are more effective than traditional ones in promoting prosociality. We understand prosociality as a set of responses (emotions, beliefs, attitudes, behaviours) that consider the social benefit of others and the common good, characterized by their other-oriented responses nature. Examples of these responses include empathy, altruism, cooperation, collaboration, and helping, as well as reducing prejudice and increasing positive attitudes towards those who are different. Immersive Prosocial Audiovisual Narratives is a category of what we call Prosocial Audiovisual Narratives. These narratives not only denounce and bring attention to social injustices but also explore solutions to inequality, prejudice, discrimination, stigmatization, and hate speech or behaviour, approaching these issues from a positive and prosocial perspective. Hence, this research project falls within the necessary commitment of universities to adhere to the 2030 Agenda by taking into consideration the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This project is funded by the Department of Innovation, Universities, Science, and Digital Society of the Generalitat Valenciana, Spain (CIAICO/2021/258, 2022-2044). (https://napiproject.webs.upv.es/en/)

Five Years Later is available in the Meta Store at https://www.meta.com/experiences/five-years-later/8691369780931958/

Contact: Prof. Fernando Canet, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, at fercacen@upv.es


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