An Immersive Journey to Tetiaroa with Android XR & Google

The Brando announces the global premiere of An Immersive Journey to Tetiaroa with Android XR & Google – Experience The Brando in 180°, a 16-minute immersive film produced in partnership with Google and its content innovation initiative 100 ZEROS, with Media Monks as production partner and creative collaboration from Tetiaroa Society and Te Mana o Te Moana.

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Designed for the new Android XR platform and available on YouTube, the film offers an intimate passage into the life of the atoll – through innovation, ecology, and story. Filmed across French Polynesia and New York City, the film features Richard Bailey, Founder of The Brando, and Rebecca Brando, daughter of Marlon Brando, as they share the vision of a place where preservation is not only practiced, but lived. Together they guide viewers through the wonder of Tetiaroa, Marlon Brando’s atoll, and the ongoing work of The Brando and Tetiaroa Society to protect and regenerate this rare ecosystem.

“Marlon Brando dreamed that Tetiaroa could be a place where people learn to live in harmony with nature,” says Richard Bailey. “This film carries that dream forward, showing how innovation can serve preservation.”

Captured in VR 180°, the film draws the viewer close, into the stillness of the forest, the hush of the lagoon, the daily work of researchers and conservationists. Unlike traditional documentaries or travel films, this format offers a rare sense of presence, even from afar. It allows one to feel the atoll without standing on its sand. And yet, in doing so, it makes the longing to be there even stronger.

STEP INTO THE FILM

This project is a first for luxury ecotourism in the Pacific: a partnership where cutting-edge technology supports ecological storytelling. Created for the Android XR platform, the experience is fully accessible via YouTube – on VR headsets, mobile, and desktop – bringing immersive storytelling to a global audience. With Google’s 100 ZEROS, Samsung, and Media.Monks, the film explores how innovation can deepen empathy, not just enhance immersion.

Beyond the images lies the deeper rhythm of the island: the care of Tetiaroa Society, the protection of hatchlings by Te Mana o te moana, the weaving of tradition and science. The Brando is not a place for passive luxury. It asks something quieter: attention. Respect. Participation. This film allows a glimpse into that rhythm.

Produced by The Brando in association with Media Monks, in partnership with Google and its content innovation initiative 100 ZEROS, with creative collaboration from Tetiaroa Society and Te Mana o Te Moana.

Filmed on location in Tetiaroa, Tahiti, Moorea, and New York City.