Mark

Author's details

Name: Mark Laxer
Date registered: January 16, 2011

Latest posts

  1. Ian Redmond reacts to the WWF Report on Sky News — November 2, 2018
  2. Introducing vEco Labs! — March 13, 2018
  3. vEcotourism at UN CMS CoP12 in the Philippines — November 21, 2017
  4. vEco’s Ian Redmond receives RSPCA-Daily Mirror “Animal Hero” award! — September 20, 2017
  5. Marching for an end to the domestic ivory trade in the UK — February 7, 2017

Most commented posts

  1. Welcoming Helena Baird to the JARI team — 6 comments
  2. Lunch-Break vEcoLive: Meet the Salt-Mining Elephants of Kitum Cave, Kenya! — 6 comments
  3. Presenting vEco’s first blogger: Mark O! — 4 comments
  4. vEco needs Volunteers! — 3 comments
  5. Digital Media & Learning Competition — 2 comments

Author's posts listings

Nov 02

Ian Redmond reacts to the WWF Report on Sky News

Categories:

News, Team vEco

by

vEco’s own Ian Redmond, OBE, appeared on Sky News today to react to the WWF’s 2018 “Living Planet Report” wherein the venerable conservation organization estimates that the Earth has lost 60% of its vertebrate species abundance in only the last 40 years. Ian called for all people to start looking to species conservation as “enlightened …

Continue reading »

Tags:

Leave comment

Mar 13

Introducing vEco Labs!

Categories:

News

by

Now that the vEco team has migrated our core technology over to the Unity development engine, we’re bringing all kinds of innovative 360 features into the fold, like true 3D menu scenes, spatial audio, and in-tour minigames! Because not all of these new features are available as part of a finished tour at this time, …

Continue reading »

This post has no tag

Leave comment

Nov 21

vEcotourism at UN CMS CoP12 in the Philippines

Categories:

Conservation Tools, Elephants, Internet Technology, News, vEcotours

by

Virtual reality experiences of nature were a highlight for some delegates and volunteers at the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species meeting in Manila recently. The 12th Conference of the Parties to the CMS, hosted by the Government of the Philippines, brought together delegates and observers from the 124 signatory countries and …

Continue reading »

This post has no tag

Leave comment

Sep 20

vEco’s Ian Redmond receives RSPCA-Daily Mirror “Animal Hero” award!

Categories:

Elephants, Featured Species, Team vEco

by

The vEco team is both proud and delighted to congratulate our own Ian Redmond, OBE, on his recent Animal Hero award from the RSPCA & Daily Mirror. Ian was selected for the “Next Generation” award for his tireless efforts to inspire future generations to safeguard Earth’s natural wonders. Follow this link to read the full …

Continue reading »

This post has no tag

Leave comment

Feb 07

Marching for an end to the domestic ivory trade in the UK

Categories:

Africa, Elephants

by

Come along with our vEco Ambassador, Ian Redmond, as he co-presents a petition to end the UK domestic ivory trade to 10 Downing Street. Recorded at the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos in London last year, this 360 video is especially relevant as the UK parliament just discussed this issue yesterday!

This post has no tag

Leave comment

Dec 23

Announcing Gorilla Safari VR

Categories:

Africa, Conservation Tools, DRC, Eastern Lowland Gorillas, Grauer's Gorillas, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, News

by

Working with the Born Free Foundation, and in honor of longtime friend and colleague John Kahekwa, we’re very pleased to announce the release of Gorilla Safari VR, our latest vEcotour mobile app for Android and iOS. This one begins at Born Free’s headquarters in England, with Mr. Kahekwa having just received the 2016 Prince William …

Continue reading »

This post has no tag

Leave comment

Dec 01

Virtual field trip with vEcotours

Categories:

Conservation Tools, vEcotours

by

vEcotours has entered the classroom once again, this time taking children from Walmore Hill Primary School in Gloucestershire, England on a virtual safari. Our ambassador, naturalist Ian Redmond OBE, gave a natural history lesson to pupils, who were encouraged to think about elephants and what it may be like to be one. In a workshop …

Continue reading »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Leave comment

Nov 16

Praise for vEcotourism.org from the United Nations’ Great Apes Surival Partnership!

Categories:

Bonobos, Bornean Orangutans, Chimpanzees, Eastern Lowland Gorillas, Featured Species, Grauer's Gorillas, Internet Technology, Mountain Gorillas, News, Sumatran Orangutans, UN-GRASP

by

Some very kind words about vEco from Doug Cress, Programme Coordinator for the United Nations’ Great Apes Survival Partnership! If you’ve got a VR headset, give apeAPP VR a spin on your Android or Apple smartphone 🙂 http://www.un-grasp.org/vr/

This post has no tag

Leave comment

Aug 24

Welcome, Members and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society

Categories:

News

by

Welcome Members and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, and other readers of the September issue of the Geographical Magazine special issue on Extinction! Please find below a selection of links to “virtual ecotours” of species mentioned in Ian Redmond’s article. Salt-Mining Elephants of Mount Elgon, Kenya Susa Mountain Gorilla Group, Mount Karisimbi, Rwanda Chimanuka …

Continue reading »

This post has no tag

Leave comment

Aug 12

Welcome National Geographic Readers!

Categories:

Kenya, Mount Elgon National Park, vEcotours

by

vEcotours Ambassador Ian Redmond re-lives the moment he was charged by a four-tonne elephant in a new article for National Geographic. “There is some irony in this – that the person who coined the term ‘elefriends’ should be trampled by a decidedly unfriendly elephant – but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t personal,” Ian jokes, as …

Continue reading »

This post has no tag

1 comment

Older posts «