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Really proud of our team @ExponentDestiny and thank you to our sponsors/donors, the teams that participated from over 70 countries, and the @ITU for their support.
The competition has come to an end after 12 months! We at Exponential Destiny are excited to share all 16 finalists performing teams! All participants worked hard on creating their VR experiences to build awareness, empathy, and education for their selected United Nations SDG.
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This past November we completed our first workshop at Thomas Jefferson High School in south-central LA. To prep for the workshop, each student completed a paper where they described a role model in their own lives, which was shared before immersing into the VR experiences.
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Together we are hosting an outreach program in LA, partnering with teachers and school admin to bring into the public schools a workshop in which we put over 100 students in VR headsets to experience the personal stories of amazing role models and change makers in their community
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We at @ExponentDestiny have partnered with the Getty Museum’s Getty Conservation Institute here in Los Angeles to translate their incredible Human Atlas project [ahumanatlas.com/] into an immersive & experiential learning environment in Virtual Reality.
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A few months ago our CEO, Marcus Shingles @DisruptionAlert presented a keynote at the United Nations annual “AI for Good” @AIforGood global summit in Geneva, Switzerland. Here is the entire 15 min talk: youtu.be/zw20-SxaGT8 #AIforGood #VirtualReality #Education #ITU

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Special thanks to Felicia, Joseph, and Christine from Delete the Divide for being incredible partners of Exponential Destiny. 💙 Also, congratulations to the GCI team and the core Expo D leadership team. #lausd #virtualreality #education #STEAM #ExponentialDestiny #Metaverse #VR
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The Human Atlas Project is a GCI initiative that nominates and profiles 100 social change makers driving impact from a community.  These profiles are shared in a Human Atlas crafted book. We taking these profiles and transforming them into immersive and experiential stories in VR
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We shared with over 400 students our initial proof of concept supported by The J. Paul Getty Trust, in which students were immersed in an educational experience in VR where they were able to meet virtually and hear the stories of social change makers from the LA community.
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At Exponential Destiny, our team of young social-impact entrepreneurs from LA were sharing our exciting collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) called the “the Human Atlas Metaverse”.
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It was great for our team to share our latest collaboration with the Getty with the broader student community in L.A.
On Wed October 4th at the Los Angeles USC Coliseum over 5,000 high school and middle school students from over 80 LA school districts attended the annual “Tech Empowerment Day” organized by Delete the Divide (lacoe.edu/Technology/Delete-…).
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On Wed October 4th at the Los Angeles USC Coliseum over 5,000 high school and middle school students from over 80 LA school districts attended the annual “Tech Empowerment Day” organized by Delete the Divide (lacoe.edu/Technology/Delete-…).
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The team learned about new innovations happening within the XR industry and spoke with many experts. A special thank you to the AWE leadership team for having us.
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We are honored to be referenced and featured in this July 2023 report published by the World Economic Forum on “Social Implications of the Metaverse”. We were highlighted as a case study for “Access to Education”!  View the full report here  weforum.org/reports/social-i…
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We're honored to be featured in this July 2023 report published by the World Economic Forum on “Social Implications of the Metaverse”.  @ExponentDestiny was highlighted as a case study for “Access to Education”  Full report: lnkd.in/eb5whRpj ExponentialDestiny.org
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Teams from around the world created immersive experiences in VR to generate education, empathy & awareness for SDGs.We shared sample experiences from teams in Nigeria,Rwanda,Canada,US,Indonesia, India,Guatemala...check out video to see previews... they are amazing & inspiring!)
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Thank you to our sponsors supporting this educational initiative: MultiCORE International Group, @Honest,@DTVtechteam, @BSBDesign,@Blendhub & Andrea/Brian Chadwick private donation. Collaborators @ITU & @virtualworldsociety led by @ExponentDestiny #education #metaverse #VR #SDGs
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youtu.be/LQI2SrH0dI4 Proud to share video from our trip last week in NYC at the @UN HQ... our @ExponentDestiny Founders @DisruptionAlert @therealmarker @Samantha220922 presented opening ceremony of the UN's annual Science, Technology & Innovation Forum-Metaverse for SDGs @ITU
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3/3) Thank you to our sponsors for supporting the teams on this educational initiative: @Blendhub, MultiCORE International Group, @honestcompany, @DTVtechteam, @BSBDesign, a Personal/Private Donation from Andrea & Brian Chadwick. sdgs.un.org/tfm/STIForum2023

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2/3) Teams created immersive experiences in VR to generate education, empathy, and awareness for an SDG they are passionate about. We will share experiences from teams in Nigeria, Rwanda, Canada, U.S., Indonesia, India, and Guatemala during the Forum. SDGmetaversePrize.org
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1/3) Honored to be invited to speak at the United Nation HQ in NYC on May 3rd during the opening ceremony of the 8th annual Science, Technology and Innovation Forum. We will be sharing an update on the "Metaverse for SDGs Global Prize & VR Competition" sdgs.un.org/tfm/STIForum2023

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