Terminal 3 is an interactive, augmented-reality documentary that explores contemporary Muslim identities in the U.S. through the lens of an airport interrogation.

MAKING OF TERMINAL 3

As viewers put on the Hololens, they step into the uncanny to directly interrogate, and determine the fate of, the hologram passenger before them.

These interrogations become strikingly personal encounters that only end when the participant decides if the hologram should be let into the country – or not.

Terminal 3 premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival to wide critical acclaim and put 1RIC on the map as an Augmented Reality studio successfully using the mediums unique potential to tell a story.

"They take you into a room and you sit at a table. A sign on the wall says “U.S. Customs Facility Secondary Screening,” and alerts you that the room is under 24-hour surveillance. But you’re not being questioned. In this room, you’re in the position of power.

Then, you put on a Hololens mixed-reality headset and meet Ayesha, a hologram that sits on a stool on the other side of the room. The barely visible screen in front of your eyes prompts you to ask her one of two questions. Where were you born? Los Angeles, she says. Who were you visiting in Pakistan? Family and friends, she responds."

KATHARINE SCHWAB
FAST COMPANY

TERMINAL 3 AT BARBICAN LONDON

SELECT PRESS

“Terminal 3 Is The Most Intense AR Experience I’ve Ever Had”
Fast Company

“At Tribeca, virtual reality tackles harsh real-world issues”
Washington Post

“When Virtual Reality Competes With Reality”
BBC

“At Tribeca, Virtual Reality Tackles Harsh Real-World Issues”
AP

“On ‘Terminal 3': a ground-breaking AR piece”
No Proscenium

“Virtual Reality Takes a Political Turn in the Trump Era”
Wired

"Virtual truth: face to face with immersive documentaries"
The Guardian

"The AR experience that puts viewers in the shoes..."
Mashable

"Terminal 3 Finally Showed Me AR Can Be As Powerful..."
UploadVR

"AR experience Terminal 3 puts you in the boots of..."
Venture Beat