As if we were an atom: a new virtual miniseries will make us experience the water route in 360°

The audiovisual initiative was the winner of the 2022 Public Science contest.

Water, a vital element for the Earth and our life, is a molecule that provides energy, regulates the climate and preserves the planet’s biodiversity. However, despite its active role in our existence, there is still a lack of knowledge about its contribution to our daily lives.

To communicate about the great importance of this element, the miniseries “104.5° Molecule of Life” arrives, one of the 37 initiatives that were winners of the Public Science 2022 contest, from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, selected among nearly 300 projects nominated.

With an immersive experience format, each of the episodes of the series will make us “travel” through the water route. It will transport us virtually and through 360° technology to glaciers, underwater meadows, river basins, ancient trees, among other ecosystems.

The production team, made up of marine biologist Pilar Muñoz Muga, an academic at the University of Valparaíso, Cristóbal Almagia and Pedro Peña from Almagico VR, Bernardita Skinner, an academic at the University of Playa Ancha, and journalist Javiera Saavedra, previously launched the miniseries documentary Ocean Culture in 360 and works on other audiovisual productions linked to environmental education.

“We are very happy to have won this new project that allows us to continue with ocean literacy, in order to help in its conservation.” To this he added that “the dissemination of knowledge about the Earth and its ecosystems promotes their conservation,” said the director of the project, Pilar Muñoz.

Asked about the theme of the series, the academic explained that “in this new immersive reality project, we will focus on water, whose properties are based on its molecular structure, which is very particular, where the atoms have an angle of 104.5 °. This angle allows water to be the basis of life.”

For his part, the creative director of the project, Cristobal Almagia commented that “it is a marvelous project, which allows each one of us to adopt the scale of atomic and molecular observation. Virtual reality will allow us to feel like we are living in an atomic and molecular world, and 360 filming will make us experience the water cycle as if we were part of it, in an eternal journey that represents the cycle of life”.

Regarding the challenges that this new project implies, the director of Almagico VR indicated that “our challenges will be to generate a consistent and attractive narrative. We want to invite people to leave a centralist perspective and open ourselves to living and understanding life in a much broader way and with a sense of planetary sustainability”.

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