A collaboration by Monash University Library and Art & Design Architecture (MADA), “Return: The Way Back Home” is an exhibition curated and designed to commemorate the heroics and celebrates the life of the Australian diggers (soldiers), doctors, and nurses of the First World War (1914-1918), as well as the contributions of Sir John Monash to the repatriation efforts (1918-1920).
Using storytelling and visualisation techniques through the utilisation of emerging digital technologies such as virtual reality, projection mapping-based augmented reality, touchscreen interfaces, and more, combined with physical & historical artefacts, the exhibit tells and immerse you into their stories by taking you back in time, and with style!
As one of the 8 selected students to work on this industry-based project, I developed the Tram VR experience and installation. Made using Unity game engine for Oculus Go, this VR experience will take you back in time to 1920s Melbourne, as it tells the stories of extraordinary people before and after the war, and how the events have shaped society as we know it today.
The exhibit officially opened to the public on 23 September 2019 until 22 June 2020 at the Sir Louis Matheson Library Gallery, Monash University Clayton, VIC.
“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it”
George Santayana
Click here for Channel 10’s coverage of the exhibit
OR
here if you’re outside Australia.
(Stay tuned for the case study post of this project!)