Another Hurricane Evac Adventure Story: Hurricane Helene, 2024

Helene is thus far believed to have claimed 220 lives and this number may continue to grow as communities take stock and this is only the human body count. Read More

Evolution and the Necessity for Friction

Us: A World & Trace Taylor Production

Is this ethnography? The making of this film was extremely difficult. It takes the viewer from horror to the possibility of joy. I suffered a tremendous emotional downturn for the first four months working on those first three acts. While the two final sections pulled me back towards the living, it took another eight months… Read More

Technology and Field Applications for Education

The 2nd annual 2019 Science and Arts Technology Application Workshop presented us with several challenges honed by last year’s event.  We loved the Nikon KeyMission 360, but found the underwater lens compromised the experience when viewing on our Class VR stand-alone headsets.  A visible thick black lens frame cut the view into sections and created… Read More

How to Catch a Fish: Another early Learning 360 Application Experience (2017)

The cool part of this Experience was that during the underwater shots we lost one of the cameras when the steel leader line broke and sent and sent it to the bottom of the channel between 8 and 10 feet down. My first reaction: “Did that just…” Then I texted my friend Louise. “Camera lost… Read More

The Experience (2018)

© by Trace Taylor (2018) I did two years of equipment research and field project applications in order to incorporate 360 into my immersive experience curricula. There is no excuse for a large majority of youth to lack this kind of experience and knowledge. It’s 2019. This and other in depth exposure makes the difference… Read More