Residents of Newtok, a small indigenous village on Alaska's Ningliq River, face the threat of displacement at the hands of climate change and erosion. This VR experience places you onto the ice and into their homes as the people of Newtok brave the winter months and await a summer that may see their way of life changed forever.
Published Research
Newtok was used in experimental research published in the Special Issue on Virtual Reality for Pro-Social Attitude Change in New Media and Society
Pimentel, D., Kalyanaraman, S., Lee, Y. H., & Halan, S. (2021). Voices of the unsung: The role of social presence and interactivity in building empathy in 360 video. new media & society, 23(8), 2230-2254.
