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Enter virtual funtown
Updated On: 10 September, 2020 09:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Sukanya Datta
The fifth edition of a childrens festival goes online with a 3D avatar, workshops and shows. Heres a sneak-peek into the exciting events

A glimpse of how the 3D fair looks
We are at that point in the lockdown where we're so normalised to virtual sessions that screen fatigue has kicked in. Imagine, then, how much more difficult it must be for children — who are used to playing in the outdoors — to sit in one place, focus on a screen for hours and abide by the manners of Zoom workshops. So, when the makers of WindMill Festival, an outdoor fair for children usually held at the Jio Garden in BKC, were planning how to replicate the experience online, they were clear about one thing: kids have to be able to participate, rather than just watch events online. "There's a certain degree of saturation that people are experiencing in online sessions, and we didn't want the festival to be a Zoom content event. To shift the touch-and-feel experience online, we mapped the Jio Garden into a 3D funtown that kids can navigate," shares Janak Vora, CEO, Event Capital, which conceptualised the fest with Tribe Asia. After about two months of work on it, the virtual funtown is finally set to come alive in the fifth edition of the fair this weekend.

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