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The United Nations Foundation and ARTECHOUSE, a leader in technology driven art innovation, have joined forces for the United Nations (UN) 75​th​ anniversary for Voice Our Future, an unprecedented, extended reality (XR) experience inspired by the UN75 initiative to crowdsource priorities and solutions for a refreshed vision of the future. Voice Our Future connects us all by transforming individual messages into an ever-evolving, collective new world. Take a moment to pause, reflect and add your unique voice to the global conversation. Voice Our Future augments your environment to take you through “Then,” “Now” and “Next” - a series of interactive yet reflective journeys that invite you to learn from the past, deepen your understanding of the present, and ultimately empower you to add your unique voice to the dialogue for the future we all want 

● THEN: The Lessons We have Learned: ​Television has been an impactful invention in terms of dissemination of information and news, and global discourse. The “THEN” portion uses this fact as an anchor to summon a multitude of television sets where one can spend time reflecting on some of the key messages and lessons from the past around ​topics of peace, progress, solidarity and global partnership.

 ● NOW:​ ​The Voice Within You: ​ Internet and mobile technologies, AI and facial recognition are all highlighted as the camera is now turned to the user, and his/her/their face will become a palette for a narrative art activation that will help the user find their voice. 

 ● NEXT:​ ​Voice The Future We All Want: ​Utilizing​ ​natural language processing (NLP) the user can experience how one’s voice can make an impact by adding his/her/their own message to help grow “the future we want”. As the user is invited to plant the seeds of the future with their own voice,​ ​a forest grows, creating a message-generated ecosystem imagined in seventeen colors to correspond to the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.  

"As the UN marks its 75th ​ anniversary amid rising global turbulence, we need fresh ideas and perspectives to solve our collective challenges and ensure a more equitable future,” said Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the UN Foundation. “I am delighted that our collaboration with ARTECHOUSE, supported by Verizon, is giving us an imaginative way to experience the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals and the power of collective action through art and technology as we celebrate this landmark occasion."

JOIN THE CONVERSATION: @ARTECHOUSE @unfoundation #VoiceOurFuture