Virtual reality tours spread Native art and education to Arizona students

A local arts and education nonprofit hopes it will expose more children to Native culture by providing them with engaging experiences on their school’s campus.

Through ACT ONE, a high-tech group based in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Arizona State University students spent a year and a half creating educational content that provides a 360-degree visual and audio journey of Indigenous art, life, music, and more.

The experience is made available to Title I schools across the state at no cost, offering virtual field trips to children and teens who might not otherwise have the chance to learn and experience them. The content is also available to other schools for a small fee.

ABC15 spoke with some of the program directors and people involved in creating the virtual reality experiences. Learn more about what these special field trips offer and what they mean in the video player above.