The Ostrich in the Sky: A Culturally Grounded VR Experience to Preserve Indigenous Star Lore

Vanilla Riis Mortensen; Anders Lucassen Lund; Anita Larsen; Anton Nygaard Petersen; Mira Chilli Christensen; Sisco Lovisa Auala; Kasper Rodil

doi:10.1145/3788851.3812841

The Ostrich in the Sky: A Culturally Grounded VR Experience to Preserve Indigenous Star Lore

Vanilla Riis Mortensen
, Anders Lucassen Lund
, Anita Larsen
, Anton Nygaard Petersen
, Mira Chilli Christensen
, Sisco Lovisa Auala
, Kasper Rodil

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Indigenous oral traditions play a central role in preserving cultural knowledge; however, many are at risk of being lost and remain underexplored within immersive media. This paper presents Ostrich in the Sky, a virtual reality prototype designed to support the preservation and communication of Ju/’Hoansi San star lore through interactive storytelling. The paper contributes by presenting a complete VR development pipeline and demonstrating an iterative, community-informed design process that integrates Indigenous narration, visual references, and culturally grounded co-designed interactions.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	IMX '26: Proceedings of the 2026 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
Antal sider	4
Forlag	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publikationsdato	8 jun. 2026
Sider	677-680
Ansøger	European Union
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9798400724480
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/3788851.3812841
Status	Udgivet - 8 jun. 2026
Begivenhed	IMX '26: ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences - Sheraton, Athlone, Irland Varighed: 9 jun. 2026 → 11 jun. 2026 https://imx.acm.org/2026/

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Konference	IMX '26: ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
Lokation	Sheraton
Land/Område	Irland
By	Athlone
Periode	09/06/2026 → 11/06/2026
Internetadresse	https://imx.acm.org/2026/

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Mortensen, V. R., Lund, A. L., Larsen, A., Petersen, A. N., Christensen, M. C., Auala, S. L., & Rodil, K. (2026). The Ostrich in the Sky: A Culturally Grounded VR Experience to Preserve Indigenous Star Lore. I IMX '26: Proceedings of the 2026 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (s. 677-680). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3788851.3812841

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The Ostrich in the Sky: A Culturally Grounded VR Experience to Preserve Indigenous Star Lore. / Mortensen, Vanilla Riis; Lund, Anders Lucassen; Larsen, Anita et al.
IMX '26: Proceedings of the 2026 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2026. s. 677-680.

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