HIGHLIGHTS

• A five-level interactive and educational experience
• Peer-reviewed on historical and technical merits through UVA Press
• Professional voice acting and motion capture
• High-fidelity 3D scans of the interior of Independence Hall and statues for the rendering of historical figures
• Representing years of collaborative work between scholars and students

SUMMARY

An Innovative Approach to Teaching History and the Art of Debate

Shenandoah University is excited to celebrate the launch of “The Great Experiment,” an educational virtual reality experience that immerses participants into a key moment in U.S. history. For over five years, students and faculty collaborated to create this experience, which places users within a virtual Independence Hall in Philadelphia during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Through a series of progressively immersive and interactive stages, participants join the country’s founders as they discuss and debate how to select the chief executive of a new republic.