JOVRNALISM team uses immersive tech to examine the 1992 L.A. Uprising and wins Hearst Journalism Award
The South L.A. intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues was the epicenter of the 1992 civil unrest. Thirty years later, public relations major Myrah Sarwar used 3D-modeling and browser-based virtual reality to re-create the flashpoint where violence and destruction first erupted after the acquittal of the police officers involved in beating Rodney King.
Using a phone...