Snapchat teams up with National Wildlife Foundation, Annenberg Foundation to give VR experience of 101 Freeway wildlife crossing - KABC-TV

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AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- Multiple cities passim Los Angeles volition beryllium celebrating the yearly Urban Wildlife Week. Plenty of radical came retired to the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing unfastened location successful Agoura Hills Sunday day to larn however to support and coexist with wildlife.

The unfastened location was to observe the wildlife crossing, which is being built implicit the 101 Freeway, and what it tin bash for wildlife.

The National Wildlife Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation teamed up with Snap Inc. to supply radical with a caller augmented world experience. On the Snapchat app, radical were capable to spot the caller span and get accusation connected however it volition springiness animals a harmless mode to get implicit the 101 Freeway.

"So it's not conscionable benignant of similar visualizing it with your imagination, you're capable to really spot what the span volition look similar erstwhile it's complete," said Jasson Crockett of Snap Inc.

Once successful the app, radical were capable to click and recognize the operation program and larn astir the animals benefiting from the project.

Earlier this year, the task broke ground, which means each that hard enactment from years of advocating and fundraising was worthy it. Beth Pratt of the National Wildlife Federation is excited that upland lions similar P-22 volition beryllium safer.

"If landscapes aren't connected, they can't get to food, they can't get to mates. With the upland lions they're inbreeding themselves retired of existence," Pratt said.

Construction of the span is estimated to beryllium completed by 2025.

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