Victoriafortet 3D & 360

Fort Victoria played a key role in Swedish military strategy during the Cold War, and historical archives give us great insight into this era. While the fort itself is an interesting environment, the most interesting facts are what happened within its walls. What did soldiers do here, and what did daily life look like in the 1970's? We captured the environment in 360-degree images as well as full 3D, and created illustrations to represent the soldiers moving through the fort in the story. Using these two components, we created two different experiences that allow people to step inside Fort Victoria and get the feeling of actually being there - as if they were a soldier during the Cold War.

The first experience is a linear interactive 360 experience set during a Cold War military exercise, where you actively interact with characters, explore the different spaces and receive important missions. By diving right into the narrative, you gain an understanding of the men who were stationed there and the purpose of the fort. The second experience is created entirely from the lidar and photogrammetry data we captured on site. Thanks to the data we were able to recreate Fort Victoria in full 3D, allowing the user to fully interact and move around the environment. The VR story is set in the present day, and your mission is to enter the fort to rescue a person who has been trapped inside.

The two experiences we created from Fort Victoria demonstrate different ways of creating stories and communicating cultural heritage. One is built to work seamlessly on all kinds of devices used in museums and schools, including VR, while the other is more aimed at a VR-specific audience that wants those extra gamification elements that can only be achieved in VR with six degrees of freedom. Both experiences were made with the same goal of once again opening up Fort Victoria while making our precious cultural heritage available in an immersive and engaging way for young and old alike.