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Between Spectacle and Encounter: Some thoughts on immersive impact

Editor Amy Carleton explores how we receive immersive experiences in community. She also helps tee up the second call for submissions for the Review.

Amy Carleton

Apr 79 min read

When Investors Can’t Get to the Farm: What Happened When We Put a Kenyan Agribusiness in Virtual Reality

A 360° virtual field trip of a Kenyan agribusiness was tested with impact investors to see whether immersive context could accelerate due diligence when site visits aren't feasible.

Nkateko Nicole Langa, Nora Hanke-Louw, Nathanial Peterson, and Caroline Musau

Mar 1327 min read

Values in Practice: Ethics, Impact, and Sustainability in Immersive Journalism

Ethnographic observations across ten newsrooms and interviews with 100 audience members on a quest for shared XR ethics.

Ioanna Georgia Eskiadi

Mar 1313 min read

Between Worlds: Recognition Without Endurance in Cultural XR

A media scholar examines the value of “Cultural XR” as it struggles to be experienced by audiences beyond festivals. expensive, exclusive festivals.

Michael Golembewski

Mar 1318 min read

Immersion Is Not a Format: What Orchestras Learn When Proximity Becomes Policy

What happened when the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra moved musicians off the stage and into nightclubs, neighborhoods, and immersive venues—and what it revealed about who orchestras actually serve.