Ashaharu
Three months after the two devastating earthquakes in Nepal in 2015, Yuan Yi and Arif Nurhakim, two creatives from Singapore, flew to Nepal with the support from a few Nepalese NGOs. Their goal was to produce a multi-media project which galvanizes the international community to support Nepal in the long run. During their stay, the two creatives have encountered minor aftershocks, heard several heart-breaking stories, met many heroic features, and witnessed the shattered local economy which would face great challenges to recover even long after the rubble has been cleared.
Their result was project Ashaharu, or Hopes in the Nepalese language, which features the post-earthquake reconstruction process in Nepal 2015 and the journey Nepal went through to rise again. It salutes the resilient Nepalese people who are actively rebuilding their lives and homes to bring hope to their country. It also expresses the production team's hope that tourists across the globe could travel to Nepal, to enjoy its beautiful scenery while contributing to the local economic and psychological recovery in the long term.
This 360-degree video was first used in the Ashaharu fund-raising campaign which managed to raise $1,000.00 to purchase winter blankets for the homeless refugees in Nepal in December 2015. One of the first few 360-degree films produced in Asia, it was among the top 4 in China's first 360-degree video competition in 2015, and received the Creativity Award. It was also nominated as the Best VR Travel Film or Experiences in VR Fest Las Vegas 2016.
In March 2016, Ashaharu was further developed into an interactive multi-user VR guided tour powered by Hiverlab's proprietary Storyhive system. The package has then been taken to classrooms and community events in Singapore with an aim to cultivate global perspectives, multi-disciplinary thinking and social responsibilities among the youth (aged between 13 and 18 years old), and also to prolong the empathy among the general public so that the compassion wouldn’t die with the headlines.
Their result was project Ashaharu, or Hopes in the Nepalese language, which features the post-earthquake reconstruction process in Nepal 2015 and the journey Nepal went through to rise again. It salutes the resilient Nepalese people who are actively rebuilding their lives and homes to bring hope to their country. It also expresses the production team's hope that tourists across the globe could travel to Nepal, to enjoy its beautiful scenery while contributing to the local economic and psychological recovery in the long term.
This 360-degree video was first used in the Ashaharu fund-raising campaign which managed to raise $1,000.00 to purchase winter blankets for the homeless refugees in Nepal in December 2015. One of the first few 360-degree films produced in Asia, it was among the top 4 in China's first 360-degree video competition in 2015, and received the Creativity Award. It was also nominated as the Best VR Travel Film or Experiences in VR Fest Las Vegas 2016.
In March 2016, Ashaharu was further developed into an interactive multi-user VR guided tour powered by Hiverlab's proprietary Storyhive system. The package has then been taken to classrooms and community events in Singapore with an aim to cultivate global perspectives, multi-disciplinary thinking and social responsibilities among the youth (aged between 13 and 18 years old), and also to prolong the empathy among the general public so that the compassion wouldn’t die with the headlines.
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