Resonant

Client: CyArk

Imagine being able to experience the history and heritage of Mesa Verde and Wupatki National Monument from anywhere in the world! To provide an immersive experience of ancestral sites, members of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, Hopivewat Learning Center, and Hopi Public Library collaborated with CyArk and FableVision to create “Resonant”. This Virtual Reality (VR) game and web experience allows players to explore Native American heritage, history, and culture through the lens of a changing climate. 

“Resonant” is created for members of the Hopi community to explore their history, as well as for the general public to enhance their knowledge about Indigenous people. Tasked with finding “Resonants,” or short vignettes of dialogue and animation, players unlock learning moments throughout the site. As players gain understanding of the cultural connections between people and the environment, they gain access to additional tools to explore the ecological life that is both sustained and threatened at these sites. They make connections between the land and oral histories of Hopi people providing multisensory engagement through dialogue and oral narratives of descendant communities. Additionally, CyArk and their partners from the Hopi community created a curriculum and educational materials for high school students to use with “Resonant” in classrooms. 

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