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Saturday 29 February 2020
High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK

By SOPHIA TAREEN experiences that are unfor-
Associated Press gettable."
CHICAGO (AP) — Imagine The permission from King's
being so close to Martin Lu- estate was also unusual.
ther King Jr. as he gives one Run by King's children and
of the world's most famous known to be litigious, the
speeches that you notice estate closely guards any
the creases in his face and use of King's image, name
then realize the late civil and work. The estate ini-
rights leader is looking you tially balked at plans to put
square in the eye. a life-size commemorative
That's the intense personal King statue at the Georgia
moment organizers are Capitol and didn't grant
striving for with a one-of- rights to speeches for the
a-kind virtual reality exhibit 2014 film "Selma," which
opening Friday at Chica- won an Oscar for the best
go's DuSable Museum of original song and was nom-
African American History. inated for best picture.
Called "The March," it cap- Tramz declined to discuss
tures the 1963 March on how the project got the es-
Washington during which tate's backing. Messages
King delivered his iconic "I left for Atlanta-based In-
Have a Dream" address. tellectual Properties Man-
"The speech is so well In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 photo, actress Viola Davis, left, and her husband, Julius Tennon agement, which manages
known and the ways peo- speak to reporters ahead of the launch of a virtual reality exhibit depicting Martin Luther King Jr.'s King's estate and controls
'I Have a Dream' speech at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago. Davis
ple are used to seeing it is and Tennon worked with TIME magazine on the project through the couple's production studio. rights to his works and im-
kind of archival, grainy two- Associated Press ages, weren't returned.
dimensional film," said Mia The experience isn't for
Tramz, an editorial director tendees. was a Freedom Rider — ac- again. Visitors find them- the faint of heart. Partici-
of immersive experiences Creators said it was in- tivists who protested segre- selves standing on the steps pants must sign a liability
at TIME, which helped cre- spired by an archive image gation by sitting in bus seats of the Lincoln Memorial waiver warning of possible
ate the project. "By be- of King giving a different reserved for whites and and an arm's length from risks, such as dizziness, and
ing able to see it with your speech on the National who experienced violence King, whose hand gestures there's a built-in "decom-
own two eyes and feel like Mall, shot from his perspec- and jail. and facial expressions are pression zone." The 15-min-
you're standing there, you tive looking out. TIME, which After that, attendees are brought to life. After deliv- ute experience isn't recom-
not only get the message features King in a March is- outfitted with heavy virtual ering part of the speech, mended for children under
of the words, but the mes- sue, worked with compa- reality headsets that block he walks by and locks eyes, 13.
sage of the energy that he nies including a production out the outside world and a moment creators say is There are also limitations.
put behind those words." studio run by actress Viola replace it with three-dimen- unparalleled. Only four people can go
The project has the rare full Davis and her husband, Ju- sional glimpses of Aug. 28, "You're not listening to it. through simultaneously
backing from King's estate, lius Tennon. Davis narrates 1963, on the National Mall. You're not reading it. You and technology-related
which fiercely guards his part of the project. In what sometimes looks are actually in it. And there snags happen. During a
likeness and speeches. The Visitors start in an dark emp- like a video game, visitors is a point that you're listen- media preview attended
high-tech effort took years ty room with audio of peo- march along Constitution ing to it for the first time be- by the Associated Press,
of research on King's ges- ple involved in key events Avenue and then stand in cause you're experiencing the screen blacked out
tures and expressions, as leading up to the march. the crowd of some 250,000. it, because you're actually and images were blurry at
well as interviews with at- One is Hank Thomas, who Then the scenery changes there," Davis said. "It's those times.q
FCC proposes fines for phone

companies that shared user data

$91 million for T-Mobile, $57 case, the FCC dragged its According to published
million for AT&T, $48 million feet and issued penalties reports, phone compa-
for Verizon and $12 mil- that let these companies nies were selling access to
lion for Sprint. The amounts off easy," said Sen. Edward such data to little-known
vary based on how long Markey, a Massachusetts companies such as Lo-
each company sold the Democrat. cationSmart and Zumigo.
user data and how many Lisa Hayes of the advo- These data brokers then
companies and organiza- cacy group Center for sold the information to
tions it sold the data to. The Democracy & Technol- other "location-based" ser-
This June 19, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Communications phone companies can ogy said the FCC's "weak vices, like prison-communi-
Commission building in Washington. object, and the amounts enforcement response" cations company Securus.
Associated Press could change. demonstrate why the U.S. The FCC said the phone
By TALI ARBEL bined for improperly dis- Critics said the FCC took needs a comprehensive companies failed to ask
AP Technology Writer closing customers' real- too long, and the pro- privacy law. customers for consent for
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. time location to other posed fines were too low. Location data makes it what companies like Se-
regulators have proposed companies. "Instead of meetings its possible to identify the curus were doing, or make
fining the four major U.S. The proposed fines by the obligation to come down whereabouts of nearly any sure that those companies
phone companies more Federal Communications hard on the wireless car- phone in the U.S. within were getting an OK from
than $200 million com- Commission amounted to riers that are guilty in this seconds. customers.q