Landmark VR film reveals Indigenous encounter with atomic bomb testing

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Imagine witnessing the atomic tests that were performed in outback Australia in the '50s. A landmark new virtual reality film is allowing you to do just that — from the perspective of a man with no prior contact with the western world.

Collisions is the tale of Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, a revered elder of the Martu people from the remote Pilbara desert of Western Australia. He invited acclaimed artist Lynette Wallworth to help tell his story and now, people from all over the country can receive his message with the help of immersive technology. As Wallworth states, "there's what we do not know, and then, there is what we come to know." Read more...

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