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Bill Clinton appears in virtual-reality movie on Africa

In this image made by Felix & Paul Studios and provided by the Clinton Global Initiative, former U.S. President Bill Clinton sits at his desk in New York in part of a seven-minute movie made with virtual reality techniques. Rob Holzer of Matter Unlimited, the creative agency behind the movie, said that when people experience the projects rather than just hear about them, they're more likely to volunteer and donate. (Félix Lajeunesse & Paul Raphaël, Felix & Paul Studios/Clinton Global Initiative via AP)
In this image made by Felix & Paul Studios and provided by the Clinton Global Initiative, former U.S. President Bill Clinton sits at his desk in New York in part of a seven-minute movie made with virtual reality techniques. Rob Holzer of Matter Unlimited, the creative agency behind the movie, said that when people experience the projects rather than just hear about them, they're more likely to volunteer and donate. (Félix Lajeunesse & Paul Raphaël, Felix & Paul Studios/Clinton Global Initiative via AP) In this image made by Felix & Paul Studios and provided by the Clinton Global Initiative, former U.S. President Bill Clinton sits at his desk in New York in part of a seven-minute movie made with virtual reality techniques. Rob Holzer of Matter Unlimited, the creative agency behind the movie, said that when people experience the projects rather than just hear about them, they're more likely to volunteer and donate. (Félix Lajeunesse & Paul Raphaël, Felix & Paul Studios/Clinton Global Initiative via AP)

By Associated Press 3 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – As world leaders descend on the United Nations this weekend, former President Bill Clinton will be taking them to East Africa through virtual reality.

In a seven-minute movie, viewers with special goggles will be able to follow Clinton’s travels. Footage was captured last spring with 360-degree cameras. What you see through the goggles changes as you move your head left, right and even up or down.

Virtual reality is no longer the domain of just science fiction and video games.

You feel as though you’re sitting in the same living room as Clinton chats with an entrepreneur in Karatu, Tanzania, who sells solar-powered products. You appear to share a tent as Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea, fit people in Nairobi, Kenya, with hearing aids. The movie also takes you to a Nairobi classroom that is part of a Clinton-backed initiative to improve education for young women and girls. It starts and ends with Clinton talking to you from his desk in New York.

Clinton plans to unveil the movie in New York on Sunday at the annual meeting of the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative. Heads of states, corporate executives and civil-society leaders in attendance will be able to watch using special goggles – Samsung’s Gear VR headset – that will be set up in the main lounge.