US race riots as a VR experience

In April 2018, "I am a Man", a free VR experience, will be released, which deals with the US race riots of 1968. There is talk of history lessons in virtual reality.

"I am a Man" is to be shown as part of an exhibition to mark the anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King be released free of charge via the Oculus Store. By the way, "I am a Man" was already one of the winners of the developer promotion in 2017. "Oculus Launch Pad".

In "I am a Man" you take on the role of a coloured worker from Memphis. The VR experience is intended to convey to the user what everyday life was like for a coloured US citizen in 1968. Among other things, unfair wages, discrimination and insults are addressed. Even the murder of the well-known civil rights activist Martin Luther King is re-enacted in the VR experience.

Source: VRODO

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