Kilo Hōkū VR team member Anna Sikkink presented her Masters project on May 4th, 2023 at the University of Hawaiʻi Information and Computer Science Spring Project Day. Titled “Exploring Implementation Methods to Generate an Accurate Representation of the Night Sky for use in Virtual Reality”, it depicts a new method of representing stars in the…
Kilo Hōkū VR was featured on Think Tech Hawaii‘s “Hawaii: State of Clean Energy” segment on November 11th, 2020. Host Mitch Ewan interviewed developer Patrick Karjala about the project, and what Kilo Hōkū VR is all about! Check out the segment here!
The Kilo Hōkū team is excited to announce that Kilo Hōkū VR 1.0 is now available for download on itch.io! Kilo Hōkū VR is intended to help learners and practitioners of Native Hawaiian wayfinding to learn more about both the process of non-instrument navigation, as well as explore one of the most popular sailing canoes,…
The latest version of the Kilo Hōkū simulation was demonstrated at the February 8th Holiday Pāʻina of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. There, Pwo navigator Nainoa Thompson laid out his vision of a new School of Voyaging, and the next steps for the Polynesian Voyaging Society. While demonstrating to crew and friends of the Polynesian Voyaging…
As part of Bishop Museum’s Wayfinders Weekend, February 3rd and 4th, the Kilo Hoku project was featured on KHON 2’s morning news segment, Wake Up 2Day! Bishop Museum to host Wayfinders Weekend Come and see us from 10 am to 3 pm at Bishop Museum on February 3rd and 4th.