The New Frontier of Ocean Exploration & Appreciation

Room 211ABCD

Sunday April 8, 2018 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm


Covering 71% of the planet’s surface, life on Earth is entirely reliant on healthy oceans. But despite decades of warnings of the perils of climate change, acidification, and plastics, the state of our fragile oceans continues to decline. Join us as we hear from two organizations seeking to change how society views and appreciates the oceans by leveraging new technologies and methods of storytelling. See how Xprize is using the lessons of space exploration to capture people’s imaginations in its global contest to map the ocean depths and how game studio Tigertron is leveraging VR to create a PlayStation game experience that gives players a first-hand appreciation of the oceans like never before.


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