About
“In 1965, three non-violent African American activists, Charles Wells, Albert Dunn, and Woodrow Willis, were denied entry to a restaurant owned by a segregationist future governor of Georgia, Lester Maddox. During the confrontation, Maddox violently pushed the activists away from the property and shouted at them. The restaurant where the confrontation happened was purchased by Georgia Tech when it closed down. In this experience, Through VR, the interactor is readily immersed in the experience as an active participant by putting on the headset. You get a sense of the sequence of events more concretely, The history of Lester Maddox, the Pickrick, and the protestors who stood against them is rich and complex. Strapping on a headset requires a level of dedication to the medium, and affordances such as sound and haptic feedback make for a powerful and immersive experience.”
Project Team: Olivia Hughes, Monica Jeon, Tianbai (Tim) Jia, Ryan Winstead
