Act One is a program that began creating arts education content using Virtual Reality. Act One’s curated, groundbreaking Virtual Reality field trip program, Arts Immersion™, allows schools, libraries, senior living facilities, and community organizations to explore the world of art from anywhere. Our VR Specialists travel to urban, rural and remote locations in Arizona in two donated vans with custom “bus cases” filled with 100 VR headsets and built in Wi-Fi. Act One is coming to Tucson schools and is piquing kids’ interest in art and culture by combining story telling with this virtual reality (VR) technology. The Arts Immersion™ experience exposes kids in 5th – 12th grade to Indigenous artists in an interactive, educational and entertaining way. The program is offered at no cost to Title I schools to help underprivileged students who lack access to arts due to economic, geographic and logistical barriers.
Producer, Videographer, Editor: John DeSoto
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