ROEBOURNE COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPERIMENT WITH VIRTUAL WORLDS

Students from Roebourne District High School enter virtual worlds in the Ngaarda Media gym.

Yesterday, Roebourne residents and Ngaarda Media team members were immersed in virtual worlds and began learning about 360° film-making.

This project was funded by the Community Broadcasting Foundation in 2020 but was put on hold due to covid restricitons.

Bidjara/Dhunghutti film-maker Ljudan Michaelis-Thorpe and VR artist Michelle Brown are visiting Ngaarda Media all week for a VR film-making workshop.

Ljudan Michaelis-Thorpe, Michelle Brown and Colin Churnside.

Yesterday, participants brainstormed story ideas, experimented with 3D painting using VR headsets, and began filming 360° vision.

Ngarluma Elder Colin Churnside shared knowledge of his country around the Ngurin River while students from Roebourne District High School captured the scene in immersive detail.

Ngarluma Elder Colin Churnside shares bush tucker knowledge near the Ngurin River.

For the rest of the week, the group, including students from Roebourne District High School, will work on presenting stories from Ngarluma ngurra using virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.