Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2019 | Page 164

4th Dymension
Virtual Plymouth
The Plymouth Recreation Project allows you to walk
through the streets of Plymouth as it once was
before being destroyed by the Soufrière Hills volcano.
4th Dymension is a software
company that specializes
in 3-D modeling and
the creation of virtual
and augmented reality
experiences. The company,
which was launched in
September, 2017, is based
in the island of Montserrat.
Their flagship project is
aimed at capturing the
lost city of Plymouth, and
preserving it in virtual
space for the present and
future generations of
Montserratians and visitors
alike. The venture, which
was commissioned to the
group by Montserrat’s Dr.
Samuel Joseph, is named
‘The Plymouth Recreation
Project’.
experience affords older
generations an opportunity
to experience the capital
as they remember it,
while educating younger
generations about their
history.
The first version of the
project was launched in
March, 2018, for the annual
They specialize in creating
St. Patrick's Festival where
captivating and immersive
locals and visitors had the
software packages through
first chance to experience
the use of their collective
the project. They then
It encompasses
skill sets of 3D modeling,
continued to build and
constructing the city from
environment building,
develop the project, and
computer aided design and road and geographical
relaunched it at Carifesta
computer programming.
plans, as well as images
2019 which was held in
taken of locations within
The final product is an
Trinidad. Here attendees at
immersive experience which the city. The final product
the event had a chance to
the user can view through
allows individuals to walk
visit the buried capital of
through the streets of
the use of a virtual reality
headset and other enabling Plymouth in virtual reality as Montserrat although they
it once was before volcanic were in Trinidad.
technologies.
activity buried it. This