Monica Peters is a virtual reality developer who grew up and lives in Akwesasne. She primarily focuses on work related to indigenous people, including VR development aimed at teaching users Mohawk language. Monica describes growing up fascinated with technology, a passion that eventually turned into a career.
Monica Peters is a virtual reality developer who grew up and lives in Akwesasne. She primarily focuses on work related to indigenous people, including VR development aimed at teaching users Mohawk language. Monica’s “Kakwitene VR” program teaches users Mohawk language in a colorful world. Here she describes what it’s like to be in the VR […]
Monica Peters is a virtual reality developer who grew up and lives in Akwesasne. She primarily focuses on work related to indigenous people, including VR development aimed at teaching users Mohawk language. Developing her program “Kakwitene VR” was extremely difficult because there are no Mohawk speech engines, a technology that allows computers to understand spoken language. […]
Two men working in a lab. Glens Falls, NY. April 1975. Carl Atiyeh Photograph Collection, Prints Box 3 #0005, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh. He graduated from Glens Falls High School and the New […]
Monica Peters with an Oculus Rift headset, one of the VR devices for which she designs programs. Akwesasne, NY. November 17, 2018. Courtesy of Monica Peters.
Andrea Malik standing in a snowbank to illustrate the conditions the Black Fly Control Program works in. April 1993. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Andrea Malik.
Andrea Malik filling a water bucket from a stream to dilute BTI (Baciilus Thuringiensis Israelies), a treatment used to control black flies. Circa 1990. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Andrea Malik.
Andrea Malik mixing up a treatment of BTI, a control program that kills black flies. The bacteria is Baciilus Thuringiensis Israelies (BTI). Circa 1990. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Andrea Malik.
Pete McConville, a caretaker on Upper Saint Regis Lake, driving from camp to the dock. 2018. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. Learn about the caretakers of Upper Saint Regis in the full North Country at Work story.
Berkeley House, the center building, was built in 1875 as a hotel for tuberculosis patients who came to Saranac Lake for treatment. It burned in 1981. A small brass band is playing in the middle of Main Street in front of the Berkeley. At far right is the C. J. Carey Company in the Coulter Block; to its left is Leonard’s. […]
