[Commlist] Publication of an immersive media production about migration

Publication of an immersive media production about migration.

We are pleased to share the publication of an immersive media production 
about migration on the Meta Store. *Five Years Later* (2024) is an 
immersive documentary that offers a six degrees of freedom (6DoF) 
experience. It is also a hybrid media production that combines computer 
generated imagery with real images filmed in 360º video and volumetric 
video. It addresses the social issues of migration through the case of 
the rescue ship Aquarius chartered by Doctors Without Borders. On June 
17, 2018, this ship docked at the port of the city of Valencia (Spain) 
with 629 people on board, who were rescued from drowning in the Central 
Mediterranean. On June 24, 2023, the fifth anniversary of its arrival 
was celebrated. This immersive documentary reflects on how their lives 
have been during these five years in Valencian lands through the life 
stories of two survivors: Mosses Von Kallon (president of the Aquarius 
Survivors Association and recently awarded by the National Youth Award 
in Human Rights) and Alhassane Diallo and his host family. It also 
includes testimonies from two activists from the host society 
(_https://casoaquarius.webs.upv.es/en/ 
<https://casoaquarius.webs.upv.es/en/>_).

*Five Years Later* is one of the outcomes of the *Immersive Prosocial 
Audiovisual Narratives* research project, which aims to explore the 
potential of immersive technologies as a new medium for storytelling 
with a prosocial purpose. Thus, we seek to measure to what extent 
immersive narratives are more effective than traditional ones in 
promoting *prosociality*. We understand prosociality as a set of 
responses (emotions, beliefs, attitudes, behaviours) that consider the 
social benefit of others and the common good, characterized by their 
other-oriented responses nature. Examples of these responses include 
empathy, altruism, cooperation, collaboration, and helping, as well as 
reducing prejudice and increasing positive attitudes towards those who 
are different. Immersive Prosocial Audiovisual Narratives is a category 
of what we call *Prosocial Audiovisual Narratives.* These narratives not 
only denounce and bring attention to social injustices but also explore 
solutions to inequality, prejudice, discrimination, stigmatization, and 
hate speech or behaviour, approaching these issues from a positive and 
prosocial perspective. Hence, this research project falls within the 
necessary commitment of universities to adhere to the *2030 Agenda* by 
taking into consideration the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 
promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This project is funded 
by the Department of Innovation, Universities, Science, and Digital 
Society of the Generalitat Valenciana, Spain (CIAICO/2021/258, 2022-2044).

<https://napiproject.webs.upv.es/en/>

Contact: Prof. Fernando Canet, Universitat Politècnica de València, 
Spain, at (fercacen /at/ upv.es)



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