Google VR Broadcasts Pride Parades Around World Maddy Myers - The Mary Sue
go to original June 25, 2016

Be who you are. Love who you love. #prideforeveryone (Google)

It is not possible for every LGBTQIA person across the planet to attend a Pride parade in their location. Maybe there aren’t any celebrations near them; maybe they live in one of the 70 countries where it’s a crime to come out; maybe they just don’t have the resources to get to an event near them. Or maybe they just want to see what it’s like to celebrate Pride in other parts of the world but lack the means to travel elsewhere in person.

Now, thanks to Google’s #Prideforeveryone project, you can attend Pride parades around the world in virtual reality.

This isn’t just a VR simulation of a Pride parade - these are real parades, documented with 3D cameras that have been stationed at events all across the planet this week. According to Google’s current map on their website, there are twenty cameras in use so far, grabbing footage from Pride marches in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Columbia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, India, China, South Korea, and Japan.

Yes, this is a great way for Google to get publicity about 3D video and Google cardboard, and also to use Pride events in order to demonstrate a show of compassion. I’m definitely not the only person with mixed feelings about projects like this; companies tend to only care about LGBTQIA folks when it benefits them.

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