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Arwa Michelle Mboya

MAR3 : Re-imagining The Future of The Matatu Experience in Kenya using Augmented Reality (AR)

By Marian Muthui and Arwa Michelle Mboya

6 min readNov 20, 2020

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MAR3 : Re-imagining The Future of The Matatu Experience in Kenya using Augmented Reality (AR)

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Debugger

The Oculus Go Wasn’t Designed for Black Hair

Here’s how I designed a prototype to fix it

7 min readNov 5, 2020

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The Oculus Go Wasn’t Designed for Black Hair

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AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine

XR, Imagination Labs and the Mental Poverty Trap.

What happens when you take VR into a slum?

7 min readAug 19, 2019

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XR, Imagination Labs and the Mental Poverty Trap.

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Arwa Michelle Mboya

Hacking The African Imagination // Workshop Write Up

I should preface by saying that I’m no expert in theme parks nor do I think it’s feasibly possible to ‘hack the African imagination’. It’s…

6 min readFeb 6, 2019

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Hacking The African Imagination // Workshop Write Up

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Arwa Michelle Mboya

The 36 Questions that Lead to Love: Civic Edition

Here at the Center for Civic Media, we don’t only care about True Love, we care about Just Love.

3 min readDec 20, 2018

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The 36 Questions that Lead to Love: Civic Edition

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Arwa Michelle Mboya

An Experimental VR Photo Experience

An American Dilemma, Revisited

5 min readSep 7, 2018

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An Experimental VR Photo Experience

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Arwa Michelle Mboya

Bending Technology Toward Justice with 360Afrika

Before I head out to start my Master’s program in the dream that is the MIT Media Lab, I get to spend my last few months in Kenya working…

3 min readApr 10, 2018

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Bending Technology Toward Justice with 360Afrika

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Arwa Michelle Mboya

“Apocalyptic Rebirth” — A Team Project

Once again, I get to participate in an awesome Team Project leading Team Aech — an awesome squad of designers and programmers from all over…

5 min readMar 13, 2018

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“Apocalyptic Rebirth” — A Team Project

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Arwa Michelle Mboya

Getting into the MIT Media Lab: Risks, Skydiving and Validation.

“Go not where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

5 min readMar 2, 2018

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Getting into the MIT Media Lab: Risks, Skydiving and Validation.

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Inborn Experience (UX in AR/VR)

Scene Dancing in Virtual Reality: A Mini Tutorial

I love dancing. So naturally, I wanted to make something that I could dance to in Virtual Reality.

5 min readJan 29, 2018

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Scene Dancing in Virtual Reality: A Mini Tutorial

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Arwa Michelle Mboya

Arwa Michelle Mboya

Virtual Reality Programmer; Storyteller; Feminist; Adrenaline Junkie; MIT Media Lab Graduate Researcher.; Sometimes I think I’m a pixie; virtuallyari.com.

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