VR Underwater Expedition
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$31,773 displayed raised · 8 fund applications (2 funded) · 2 seasons · best rank #94 in Season 7
An educational virtual experience, created to educate children about what lives deep underwater.
3D ModelsEdtechEnvironmentImmersivePlayful Learning youthclimate-ecologyeducationmarine-ocean
drive.google.com/drive/folders/14LzroNSk ↗
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About
An "on the rails" VR experience that requires no use for the controllers. Supported by academic research, to enhance or add to the learning experience of young learners. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14LzroNSkySbgIDL_j3fSLag1F6eXqM3H
Impact
The intended impact is for learners to develop a sense of the scale and shape of the marine wildlife they learn about in classes, and how their actions can affect the wildlife around them.
Progress
-Accepted to showcase at Games For Change Immersive Arcade, at Fakugezi digital arts festival: 2024. -Accepted: OceanHub Africa's Blue Economy Accelerator Programme: 2025-Current -Accepted: Kinjani's 'Greenhouse' environmental business accelerator.
Team
My team and I are all creative technologists from various fields that aim to use our skills to affect behavioural change and gamified learning. We don't just pitch ideas without having a working demo of sorts, designed with a focus on real impact.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $11,660 | $0 | $11,660 | $40,097 | $51,757 | $0 | $4,262 | $44,359 | 0.0x | 3.4x | 3.8x | $0 | — |
| Season 7 | $5,400 | $7,146 | $12,546 | $18,570 | $31,116 | $0 | $137 | $25,853 | 1.3x | 4.8x | 4.8x | $31,773 | — |
| Total | $17,060 | $7,146 | $24,206 | $58,667 | $82,873 | $0 | $4,399 | $70,212 | — | — | — | $31,773 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Coral Commons Fund for Reef Restoration | submitted | 2026-07-10 |
| Season 7 | WildSeed Creators Fund | submitted | 2026-07-10 |
| Season 6 | Bright Codes Fund for Earth Hackers | submitted | 2026-02-27 |
| Season 6 | Ocean Fund for Living Seas | funded | 2026-02-27 |
| Season 6 | Embodied Dance & Nature Fund | submitted | 2026-02-27 |
| Season 6 | Habitat Fund for Wild Realities | funded | 2026-02-09 |
| Season 7 | Nouns Africa Fund for IRL Education & Ecosystem Building | submitted | 2026-07-10 |
| Season 7 | Ocean Art & Media Fund | submitted | 2026-07-09 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Platform page (offline): https://artizen.fund/index/p/vr-underwater-expedition
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/vr-underwater-expedition
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Not recovered: creator, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FutureZoo What if the most powerful force in conservation isn’t protection, but connection? | Bright Codes Fund for Earth Hackers, Coral Commons Fund for Reef Restoration, Embodied Dance & Nature Fund +5 | $215,046 |
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