Out of Exile: Daniel's Story

About

In August 2014, Daniel Ashley Pierce's family verbally and physically accosted him before kicking him out of the house because they disapproved of his sexuality. Journalist Nonny de la Peña and her team have created an emotionally explosive animated interactive VR experience built directly around audio that Daniel recorded during that encounter. Out of Exile: Daniel’s Story puts your body into the middle of the action, opening up an emotionally powerful avenue of empathy to Daniel’s experience. Afterwards, come face-to-face with a volumetric capture of Daniel and three other LGBTQ youth imagining new beginnings.


View this piece at:
VR Palace
475 Swede Alley (Base Camp), Park City
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YEAR 2016

SECTION NF VR Experience

COUNTRY U.S.A.

RUN TIME 10 min

COMPANY Emblematic Group

WEBSITE http://emblematicgroup.com

EMAIL ivana@emblematicgroup.com

PHONE (310) 871-7487

Credits

Lead Artist
Key Collaborators
Executive Producers
Producer
Vr Technical Directors
Music
Narrator
Animation
Volumetric Videos Of Humans
Audio Director
Character Technical Director
Associate Producers
Actor

Artist Bio

Nonny de la Pena

Nonny de la Peña, founder of Emblematic Group, uses digital reality technologies to tell important stories, both fictional and news based, that create intense, empathic engagement on the part of viewers. Called "The Godmother of Virtual Reality," by Engadget and The Guardian, she was also named by Fast Company “One of the People Who Made the World More Creative."