{"id":22676,"type":"forum_project2021","date":"2021-09-23T19:38:19","title":"Storyland: Designing Storytelling Experiences In VR For Children","content":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Storyland was a collaborative R&amp;D research project worked on during 2020 by the team at immersive technology studio Cooperative Innovations and The University of Sheffield (Education Department) Cooperative Innovations is an immersive technology and content studio who make immersive experiences to help as many people as possible to create worlds to play in, explore, and share with others.<\/p>\n<p>In this presentation we share:<br \/>\n\u25cf How we worked together from the stage of idea to implementation and presentation to an audience.<br \/>\n\u25cf How we aimed to use of XR technology to reach and interact with the (young) audience.<br \/>\n\u25cf How we built bridges between academia with the tech industry.<br \/>\n\u25cf The role of storytelling in XR to support children&#8217;s play.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Presentation by Aneesh Barai and Emma Cooper | EXTENDED REALITIES Case Study Session | RIGA IFF 2021\" width=\"1799\" height=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kY6iFNpVA6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","categories":null,"tags":null,"featured_image":null,"featured_image_id":0,"link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/en\/forum-project-2021\/storyland-designing-storytelling-experiences-in-vr-for-children\/","images":false,"film_parent_select":null,"screenings":null,"custom_supporter_title":"","supporter":false,"jury_title":"Representatives","jury":[{"image":{"ID":22711,"id":22711,"title":"Aneesh Barai","filename":"Aneesh-Barai-scaled.jpg","filesize":604345,"url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-scaled.jpg","alt":"","author":"20","description":"","caption":"","name":"aneesh-barai","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22676,"date":"2021-09-24 12:34:17","modified":"2021-09-24 12:34:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2507,"height":2560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-250x255.jpg","medium-width":250,"medium-height":255,"medium_large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-768x784.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":784,"large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-1500x1532.jpg","large-width":900,"large-height":919,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-1504x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1504,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-2006x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":2006,"2048x2048-height":2048,"large1200":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-1200x1225.jpg","large1200-width":1200,"large1200-height":1225,"large1800":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-1800x1838.jpg","large1800-width":1800,"large1800-height":1838,"small":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-120x123.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":123,"uncompressed":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-scaled.jpg","uncompressed-width":2507,"uncompressed-height":2560,"custom-size":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aneesh-Barai-700x200.jpg","custom-size-width":700,"custom-size-height":200}},"name,_surname":"Dr Aneesh Barai","position":"","description":"<p>Aneesh is a Lecturer in Education and Digital Literacies, with a specialism in children\u2019s media and culture. 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His research interests are particularly on text and media representations of diverse childhoods and young people\u2019s political agency, and he has published on queer, postcolonial and eco-activist childhoods in children\u2019s literature, television and film.<\/p>\n","links":[{"title":"Connect","url":"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/education\/people\/academic\/aneesh-barai"}]},{"image":{"ID":22712,"id":22712,"title":"Emma Cooper","filename":"Emma-Cooper.jpeg","filesize":312776,"url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper.jpeg","alt":"","author":"20","description":"","caption":"","name":"emma-cooper","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22676,"date":"2021-09-24 12:34:41","modified":"2021-09-24 12:34:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":853,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper-250x167.jpeg","medium-width":250,"medium-height":167,"medium_large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper-768x512.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper.jpeg","large-width":900,"large-height":600,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":853,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":853,"large1200":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper-1200x800.jpeg","large1200-width":1200,"large1200-height":800,"large1800":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper.jpeg","large1800-width":1280,"large1800-height":853,"small":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper-120x80.jpeg","small-width":120,"small-height":80,"uncompressed":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper.jpeg","uncompressed-width":1280,"uncompressed-height":853,"custom-size":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Emma-Cooper-700x200.jpeg","custom-size-width":700,"custom-size-height":200}},"name,_surname":"Emma Cooper","position":"","description":"<p>Emma is a digital producer and creative business leader working at immersive technology studio Cooperative Innovations. 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