{"id":1133,"date":"2020-05-25T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stories.umbc.edu\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2020-05-27T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T19:48:54","slug":"the-digital-decameron-week-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.umbc.edu\/index.php\/2020\/05\/25\/the-digital-decameron-week-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Digital Decameron – Week Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we feature stories submitted by the group:<\/em><\/p>\n

Cristina Blendea – VR Stories from Unga Ber\u00e4ttar –<\/em> Stockholm, Sweden<\/em><\/h3>\n

This VR experience is part of a project where Unga Ber\u00e4ttar from Stockholm School of the Arts explore how digital storytelling can benefit from using VR technology. Digital storytelling is a compelling and emotionally engaging format that uses film, stills, audio (and now VR). Three youth were asked to let the viewer in to the personal space that is their own rooms and share their thoughts on it. In the first film we join Natalia as she unpacks in her new room while reflecting on how memories live in the walls. In the second film we stand in the center of Asmaa’s small but cozy room marveling at all her precious items. In the final film Edwin leaves us in his room and lets us know the story behind some of his favorite things. With VR we get the sense of being there in a way that is not possible through traditional digital storytelling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n