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Description

Writer and dark sky advocate Megan Eaves visits a remote community in northern Namibia to see how they are using virtual reality technology to save their Indigenous knowledge of the night sky. The VR technology is developed in collaboration with tech researcher Kasper Rodil and his students at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Aalborg University in Denmark.

Subject

VR research with indigenous people in Southern Africa

Is VR the key to preserving Indigenous stories of Namibia's night skies? | Adventure.com

Period6 Nov 2025

Media coverage

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Media coverage

  • TitleIs virtual reality the key to preserving Indigenous stories of Namibia’s night skies?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletAdventure.com
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/SizeLong
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date06/11/2025
    DescriptionWriter and dark sky advocate Megan Eaves visits a remote community in northern Namibia to see how they are using virtual reality technology to save their Indigenous knowledge of the night sky.
    Producer/AuthorMegan Eaves
    PersonsKasper Rodil

Keywords

  • Virtual Reality
  • Indigenous
  • Namibia
  • Africa
  • dark sky
  • astrotourism