WWII, Lancaster, Via VR
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): TrendBT
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/08/09
Silicon Republic reported on some of the new work to remake the Second World War more experiential, more virtual – through VR.
Innovative Waterford and Immersive VR Education are working to recreate WWII in Berlin in 1943. In particular, the bombing raid run done by Lancaster. It is part of a BBC effort to celebrate the RAF. The experience is called 1943: Berlin Blitz to experience the journey of the bombing raid that was at the highest points of WWII.
There will be anti-aircraft shells around the people undergoing the experience with vivid representations of the bombing raid. There will be commentary provided alongside the journey of the bombing.
The Co-Founder of Immersive VR Education, Sandra Whelan, stated, “The Berlin Blitz was an exciting project for us and working with BBC Northern Ireland’s ‘Rewind’ archive innovation team, and the BBC’s central VR Hub has been a fantastic experience… Initiatives like this really allow us to move forward on our primary goal, which is to bring immersive technologies such as AR and VR to distance learning, and to transform the ways in which people all over the world learn about and experience events, both past and present.”
With the provision of a VR experience for the height of WWII, there may also be the possibility to reproduce these experiences for the even broader, general public for vivid educational experiences. VR can be and is be used for educational purposes. In fact, there are a number of companies on the rise to work within this world to develop the technologies necessary to provide immersive education.
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