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Perth Now
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Breathtaking Kimberley VR experience now showing in Freo
Fresh off the Great Kimberley Wilderness success at the WA Museum Boola Bardip earlier this year, the VR experience is making its way to the port city. The 35-minute immersive VR experience narrated by Luke Hemsworth, older brother to fellow Hollywood stars Chris and Liam, and produced by award-winning WA filmmaker Briege Whitehead will show at the WA Maritime Museum for three weeks from this weekend. In a custom-built gallery, with surround sound and large-scale digital projections across all wall surfaces, audiences will have a 360-degree view of some of the planet's most ancient landscapes in a guided tour of places that few outside the traditional owners have ever seen in person. Your local paper, whenever you want it. Whitehead said that included transporting viewers over the edge of waterfalls, across stunning coastlines and into the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park. 'There are so many locations I know, or as far as we've been told, that we're the first people to capture them on camera,' Whitehead said. The film was shot and produced in 8K format using drones capable of capturing 3D footage and with Dolby Atmos sound. 'I call it story-living, rather than the storytelling,' Whitehead said. 'That's what the ability of 360 degrees in a VR headset provides, because everywhere you look, it's like you're literally standing there, or flying over the waterfalls or hanging out of the helicopter with Luke next to you.' Fremantle Labor MP and Creative Industries Minister Simone McGurk said the exhibition was leading the way in digital immersive storytelling by combining technology with authentic storytelling. 'We are proud to extend this experience to the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle, supporting an initiative that highlights WA's rich cultural heritage, deep Indigenous knowledge, and awe-inspiring landscapes,' she said.
Fox News
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth emerged in Hollywood after playing Thor for the first time in the 2011 'Thor' movie. It was a role that he would continue to play in the following years and the one he would become widely associated with throughout his career. Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Australia, to parents Leonie and Craig Hemsworth. He has two brothers, Liam and Luke Hemsworth who are also actors. In 2004, Hemsworth auditioned to play Robbie Hunter in the Australian soap opera 'Home and Away' but ultimately got cast as Kim Hyde. He played the character from 2004 to 2007. While in Australia, he also competed on 'Dancing with the Stars.' 'Star Trek' was the first Hollywood movie Hemsworth acted in. A few years later, in 2011, he scored his big break with 'Thor,' although he originally was passed on for the role. Hemsworth has said that his brother Liam initially made it further in the audition process. Ultimately, Chris was brought back to read for the role and was offered the part he would go on to play for more than 10 years. Hemsworth played Thor in his own feature films, 'Thor: The Dark World,' 'Thor: Ragnarok' and the 2022 movie "Thor: Love and Thunder." He also played Thor in all the Avengers movies alongside his fellow superhero actors Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner. He played Thor in "The Avengers," 'Avengers: Age of Ultron,' 'Avengers: Infinity War' and the Avengers epic finale 'Avengers: Endgame.' Some other movies starring Hemsworth are 'Red Dawn,' 'Snow White and the Huntsman,' 'Rush,' 'Blackhat,' 'Vacation,' 'In the Heart of the Sea,' 'The Huntsman: Winter's War,' 'Ghostbusters,' 'Men in Black: International,' 'Extraction' and 'Spiderhead.' Hemsworth met his now wife Elsa Pataky through talent agent William Ward in early 2010 and went public in September of that year. The two tied the knot just a few months later, in December. They now have three children together, a daughter named India Rose and twin boys Tristan and Sasha.
