Africa Tech · Season 1 · No. 6
Immersive reality and heritage preservation
Feriel Tounsi, co-founder of Shédio Design Solutions, on how virtual, augmented and mixed reality are being used to document and transmit cultural heritage — and what that requires in skills and funding across the continent.
- Length 30:06
- Ifrikya FM
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Feriel Tounsi
Co-founder — immersive reality and heritage
Shédio Design Solutions · DZ
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