Immersive Histories: Dambusters allows audiences to experience the famous Dambusters raid from multiple perspective on board a Lancaster during the mission.

The experience surrounds the audience with a physical 1:1 reconstruction of the interior of the aircraft, which in conjunction with VR, haptic feedback, hand tracking, and motion captured performance, transports audiences to the skies above the Möhne dam in 1943.

The ten minute ticketed experience is installed at the Royal Air Force Museum in London and has toured the UK.

Developed with historical consultation from the Imperial War Museums and RAF Museum, Immersive Histories: Dambusters is an accurate portrayal of events of Operation Chastise, placing audiences in the position of the Wireless Operator on board G-George; the first aircraft to attack the Möhne dam.

Surrounded with a physical set of the Lancaster interior, audiences are immersed with virtual reality visuals, spatialised audio and haptic feedback, successfully capturing a sense of what it may have been like to experience the historical event first hand.

The prototype & production of Dambusters was supported by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England as a part of CreativeXR.

Find out more about Immersive Histories: Dambusters at immersivehistories.com