Julien Yuri Rodriguezās grandmother fled Cuba in 1958. She hasnāt been back in the real world, but thanks to a virtual reality experience built by her grandson, she can now get close.
Rodriguez, a filmmaker teamed up with Andres Rivera for Paisajes de mi Abuela (My Grandmotherās Landscapes), and involved the pair travelling to Cuba and capturing as much footage as they could in order to create a convincing 3D experience (note that itās a 3D film, not a polygonal 3D creation).
Having shown it at a few festivals, Rodriguez and Rivera have also been taking it to the homes of Miamiās senior Cuban community. āThey are not treating it like itās this technology video game or anything like thatā, says Rodriguez. āThey really feel like they are in these spacesā.
For Cuban Refugees, a Return to the Homeland by Way of Virtual Reality [Motherboard]
