Biidaaban: First Light VR

A virtual reality exhibition, exclusive during the undergraduate Welcome Week at McMaster University. Open to both grad and undergrad students, faculty, staff, and community members.

15-minute time slots between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Drop-ins are also welcomed.
*Note: This VR installation runs every 15 minutes.

Imagine a future Toronto reclaimed by nature: crumbling skyscrapers being threaded through with vegetation, flooding in Nathan Phillips Square, and canoes instead of cars.

Experience this one-of-a-kind virtual reality installation, created by Genie-award-winning Anishinaabe director Lisa Jackson, in collaboration with 3D artist Mathew Borrett. In this mesmerizing experience, you will also hear and see questions and text in Indigenous languages Wendat, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway, accompanied by English translations. The effect is deeply moving, as if a sci-fi movie was made from a script of heartbreaking poetry.

For more information and to register: https://biidaaban_welcomeweek.eventbrite.ca