Holocaust Museum Los Angeles: Augmented Reality Education App
Overview
Client
Holocaust Museum LA
Technology
Augmented Reality
Platform
Mobile
Industry
Education
Release Date
2021
Introduction
Holocaust Museum LA, the first survivor-founded and oldest Holocaust museum in the nation, houses the West Coast’s most extensive collection of Holocaust-era artefacts. The museum’s free education programming aims to fight anti-Semitism and hatred in the local community and throughout the country.
“The vibrant imagination of Magnopus is amazing and will be a powerful tool in amplifying our message globally.”
- Beth Kean, Chief Executive, Holocaust Museum LA
The brief
The Holocaust Museum LA wanted to enhance its collection and ensure the preservation of survivor testimony. We were asked to bring its unique collection to life and make Holocaust education innovative, engaging, and accessible to students worldwide.
The solution
We created an immersive augmented reality app to offer students a new way to learn about the Holocaust and an opportunity to access and interact with key pieces of the Museum’s collection and galleries.
Users can explore an animated model of a death camp from a phone or tablet. Whether in the museum, at school or at home, users of the app can zoom into different areas of the Sobibor extermination camp, tapping on interactive features for more detailed information, while virtual docents narrate the experience.
The impact
This project helps to ensure the next generation connects the critical lessons of the Holocaust with technology they understand, inspiring them to be upstanders and to fight against bigotry.
“This is so different to reading about a death camp in a textbook….You can imagine what it might look like, but you’re actually never there, and so getting this almost personalized, animated experience of being there, I immediately thought, ‘I want to share this.’ It’s an app that I really think is going to change education about the Holocaust and rising antisemitism for the better.”
Gracie, Student
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