# Black Lives Matter | VR Edition

[Perceptual art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_art) challenges the viewer’s boundaries using multidimensional techniques in order to create three-dimensional renderings of flat images. It can trace its roots to the art history concepts of perceptual as well as to twentieth-century inventions of conceptual art and performance art. 

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*This project is inspired by this art. This is an example of a perceptual art by the artist [Michael Murphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Murphy_sculptor).*

In this following project, I had added a black sphere one by one to create the perceptual art piece to. Each of the spheres represents a life that once was. In total there are **99 spheres means 99** lives were. This is a non-comprehensive list of victims at the hands of police or racial profiling in the U.S. in the last few years.

![blm fist](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1607512607208/sdqPj9IKY.png)
*3D sculpture. When you view the **99 spheres from six meters** away, you see an image of a raised fist that represents unity and solidarity in the ongoing fight against racism.*

### [Click Me](https://blmvr.netlify.app/blm)
**To check the project…**
After opening this [URL](https://blmvr.netlify.app/blm), if you zoom in or zoom out this project on your window you will find all 99 spheres like this which represents 99 black lives.

![blm spheres](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1607512720560/GVeg9pWau.png)
***Zoom in or Zoom out to get a view of 99 spheres***

I also added a footprint here for the viewer to stand on if they are using a VR Headset. This way, they will know exactly which location will have the perfect 2D view of the art piece.

![blm foot](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1607513014840/JvU2NVsmK.png)

To conclude this project, I am leaving you with a poem written by Langston Huges in 1936:

> Let America be America again,
> The land that never has been yet,
> And yet must be,
> The land where every man is free.

Anyone can watch this in AR or VR mode. In this project basically, I used an external library called [A-Frame](https://aframe.io). A web framework used for building 3D/AR/VR experiences. Make 3D worlds with HTML and Entity-ComponentFor Quest, Rift, WMR, SteamVR, mobile, desktop.

```
<head>
    <script src="https://aframe.io/releases/1.1.0/aframe.min.js"></script>
</head>
``` 

**You can find whole code link here:**  [https://github.com/imanishbarnwal/VR-projects/blob/master/blm/blm.html](https://github.com/imanishbarnwal/VR-projects/blob/master/blm/blm.html) 
