I spoke with the curators of Tribeca Immersive 2025 Jazia Hammoudi and Casey Baltes to unpack the 11 impact project that are being feature in this year's selection. We also talk about Tribeca's new collaboration with Onassis ONX and Agog, how the selection process has changed over the years

Tribeca Immersive 2025 Selection

#1567: Tribeca Immersive Curators on the 2025 Selection of Impact Projects Curated by Onassis ONX, Agog, & Tribeca

#1569: Family of Storytellers Creates an AR Memorial of Black Poet Nikki Giovanni with Epic Organic Garden Installation

#1570: "The Founders Pillars and The Power Loom" Uses AR to Recontextualize Wall Street History Through African Textiles and Myths

#1571: "Uncharted VR" Explores the Spatialization of African Languages and Knowledge through Immersive Architecture and Adowa Dance

#1572: "The Innocence of Unknowing" Uses Socratic Dialogue with AI & Video Essay to Deconstruct Root Cases of Gun Violence

#1573: Muslim Futurist "New Maqam City" Invites Users to Play with Mystic Sufi Beats to Imagine States of Flourishing

#1574: Part 1: Co-Creation with XR for Building Community with "A Father's Lullaby" (2023)

#1575: Part 2: Co-Creation with XR for Building Community with "A Father's Lullaby" (2025)

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Onassis ONX Summer Showcase & Other Interviews

#1579: The Backstory of ONX Studios and the Onassis Foundation's Support for XR Art & Innovation

#1580: "Neuro-Cinema: From Synapse to Montage" Explores Bioethics Moral Dilemmas & BCI-Controlled Editing & Robotics

#1581: The Story Behind "The Orixa Project" Series of XR Experiences

#1582: Shawn Taylor on Fandom for Social Change, Polychronic Time, Worldbuilding & Future Dreaming

#1583: From XR Storytelling to Museum to Ice Cream to AI: Michaela Ternasky-Holland's Entry into Immersive

#1584: White Paper on XR for Impact Campaign Activation for "On the Morning You Wake to the End of the World"

#1585: Debating AI Project and a Curating Taiwanese LBE VR Exhibition at Museum of Moving Image

#1586: Academic Research on Immersive Storytelling with Philippe Bedard, co-editor of "States of Immersion Across Media: Bodies, Techniques, Practices" book

#1587: "Space-Time Adventure Tour" AR Guided Tour to NYC Central Park Monuments

#1588: Excurio on Bringing their High-Throughput, XR LBE Theaters to North America

#1589: Using VR to Paint Dreams for Active Imagination, Collaborative Dreamwork, and Symbolic Contemplation

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