Photos: Virtual reality connects audiences to LA wildfire stories

The musical group “Evolve Altadena,” performs original songs by survivors of the Eaton Canyon fire. Guests at the “Innovation Social, Reflections on Loss, Hope and Renewal,” held at the Los Angeles Music Center Dorothy Chandler Pavilion re-visited the Los Angeles area wild fires Fire through Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality stories on Jan. 9, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)

Esen K Tutuncu uses VR glasses to look at a presentation.