#1723: Agog’s Open Call for Climate Futures + Immersive Media: Deadline on June 12th

About this episode

The episode discusses Agog's open call for Climate Futures and Immersive Media, featuring insights from co-founder Chip Giller and chief of programs Amy Seidenwurm.

Agog is having their first open call on Climate Futures + Immersive Media that closes on June 12, 2026, at 11:59p PDT. Agog is "committing up to $1 million in grants to support innovators, technologists, artists, organizers, researchers, organizations, studios, and creative teams using immersive media to engage people on climate, from awareness to action." Their official page has a lot more details, including a FAQ as well as a link to an info session held in VRChat. I had a chance to catch up with Agog's co-founder and executive director Chip Giller as well their chief of programs and strategy Amy Seidenwurm. I got some updates on where some of their initial $6.5 million of funding has gone so far in order to support the broader XR industry around immersive storytelling in what has been a lot of foundational field building. Most of this money has been done through private invitations, and this open call is the first time that Agog has opened up funding to the wider XR industry. We dig into more details about this Climate Futures + Immersive Media open call, and be sure to check out my previous three conversations for more context: Episode #1720 on the Immersive Impact Review…

People in this episode

Host: Kent Bye

Guests: Chip Giller, Amy Seidenwurm

Topics covered

• climate futures
• immersive media
• grants
• XR industry
• funding
• storytelling

Keywords

• Agog
• climate change
• immersive storytelling
• grants
• XR
• funding opportunities
• VRChat
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Agog

Books & works: Immersive Impact Review, Impulse Impact Study, Patterns of Meaning, Transformation, and Impact

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