The first, titled A Day in the Life of Gorillas and produced by Habitat XR and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, follows four-year-old mountain gorilla Gasizi and gives unprecedented insight into his family, known as Pablo’s Group. Our dream is for the theater, and our other XR experiences on the campus, to bring people closer to gorillas than ever before to fill them with empathy and understanding and to inspire them to take action.”Īt launch, the theater is screening two original film experiences. “That’s why we are so excited for audiences to visit the Irmelin DiCaprio Theater. “At Habitat XR, we believe immersive experiences can go far beyond entertaining audiences,” said Ulrico Grech-Cumbo, Habitat XR CEO. This is complemented by a 10.2 matrix surround sound system, which features 37 individual speakers and two amplifiers as well as more than 2000 square feet of acoustic sound paneling designed and fabricated by the team to absorb reverb and allow the spatially-captured sounds of the forest to engulf audiences. The theater’s eight daisy-chained 4K laser projectors display 50 million pixels onto a 140 x 8ft canvas, constructed using high-contrast film stretched over a custom-made 3D printed frame. Developed from the ground up by the Habitat XR team, the theater is controlled entirely on an app and has been built to screen ultrawide 16:1 footage – or “superpanoramic” films – upscaled using AI technology. Nearing the finish line on his Ph.D., is Fossey Fund Congo Programs Director Urbain Ngobobo, who has led our work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo creating community-based conservation areas for the critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas since 2011.KINIGI, RWANDA, J(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Today, immersive studio Habitat XR announces the inauguration of the Irmelin DiCaprio Theater and the launch of two additional immersive experiences, which bring visitors of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund’s new Ellen DeGeneres Campus in Rwanda within inches of Africa’s endangered mountain gorillas – albeit digitally – without impacting their natural environment.īuilt as part of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund’s new permanent home in Rwanda with support from Ellen DeGeneres’s The Ellen Fund and investment from Leonardo DiCaprio, the theater can display 360° films in 25K resolution. “Passing on the skills and knowledge that I will gain will also increase the capacity of local and regional future conservationists,” he says.
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As his dedication and passion for gorilla conservation developed, he joined our staff as a research assistant and was recently promoted to the role of gorilla data and research officer, helping to train field staff and research assistants in monitoring and long-term data collection techniques.Īs he heads now to Nottingham Trent University in the U.K., with scholarship support from both the Fossey Fund and the university, Eric says he believes his studies benefit both his professional growth as a scientist as well as gorilla conservation. This important work aims to provide insights into the gorillas’ physical wellbeing and thus their conservation status and needs.Įric’s journey with the Fossey Fund began in 2010 when he arrived at the Fossey Fund as an undergraduate student to further his scientific studies. He is especially interested in investigating differences in health consequences based on gender and rank differences among the gorillas. program in the U.K., where his research will focus on how the gorillas respond physiologically to various social stressors. Deo’s footsteps right now is Eric Ndayishimiye, who is embarking on a Ph.D. Deo, who serves as our biodiversity research program manager in Rwanda, finished his doctoral degree last year and now mentors other up-and-coming students as well.įollowing in Dr. was Deogratias Tuyisingize, who focuses on studying endangered golden monkeys and has led our research in this area since 2004.
Our first African staff member to complete a Ph.D. Here is a look at those pursuing the highest of degrees – the Ph.D. Multiple members of our own staff in Rwanda and Congo are leading the way by working on graduate degrees in a variety of topics related to gorillas and conservation, ranging from relationships between humans and other primates, to how various animals and plants in the gorilla forest are faring. One of our main goals at the Fossey Fund is to help create the next generation of conservationists in Africa.
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