With virtual presentations people often ask what are the additional, different features that a virtual visit can give which are not possible during a visiting the site itself? You write about a 'never-before-seen way'. What is the value of visualization in this particular case?
The VR tour gives a uniquely immersive experience of the hiding place of Anne Frank and the seven other people in the Secret Annex. In the tour all the rooms of the Secret Annex are furnished in the style of the time spent in hiding.
The Anne Frank House and the Anne Frank House VR are two different experiences. In the Anne Frank House you enter the actual Secret Annex. You go through Otto Frank's former company, walk up the stairs and go past the original bookcase to the former shelter. You can see original objects of the people in hiding, the map of Normandy, the growth marks of Anne and Margot and the pictures that Anne has put up on her wall in her room. Last but not least, the Anne Frank House shows the original diaries and other writings of Anne Frank.
Who do you see as the main target group for such a project?
We’d like to reach as many people as possible. We will include the VR tour in our educational programs at the Anne Frank House and will include the VR tour in our traveling exhibitions worldwide. For people who can’t visit the Anne Frank Museum, the Anne Frank House VR is a beautiful alternative.