Reach for the wreck. Watch her sail again.
A visitor lifts a handset toward a scale model of a long-lost schooner. The broken hull draws itself together, masts rise, sails fill — and she is under full sail in 1873, heading out to sea. Walk around the model and the story shifts with you: her last voyage, the storm, the cold water that held her intact for over a century.
A physical wreck sits on the plinth — the vessel as she rests today, scanned at 117 feet down and delivered into visitors' hands. Children lean in. Sight-impaired visitors run their hands along the broken hull. Here is what she became; raise the viewer and see what she was. The two are inseparable.
The natural gesture of raising opera glasses. Stereoscopic immersion is immediate, spatial audio fills out the scene, and a visitor can step out as easily as they stepped in. No unstrapping, no discomfort, no disorientation. Tethered to the plinth, always charged, always ready — and it accommodates glasses, hearing aids, and visitors of every age.
“Combining the virtual and the physical is such a smart move — and one that increases engagement.”Exhibitor Magazine · Buyers Choice Award, Exhibitor LIVE
A swiveling touchscreen presents the same experience that plays on the handsets — point it across the model, or lift it off the stand and carry it around for a full walk-around view. Subtitles run throughout for hearing-impaired visitors. When no one is using it, the videos keep playing and the booth stays alive.
No head-mounted hygiene problem, no onboarding, no barriers. Sight-impaired visitors explore the hull by touch. The touchscreen carries the full narrative, captioned and audio-free. One staffer runs the whole installation — and every visitor, of every ability, is met where they are.
The same content, the same handsets, the same wreck model — from a full conference footprint to a single school-library tabletop. What changes is which components travel and how they're arranged. Setup by one staffer takes one to two hours.
