HafenCity Hamburg is always worth a visit - even for VR-hungry visitors. For example, the innovative harbour museum with the Discovery Dock beckons. Located in the immediate vicinity of the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall, the Discovery Dock offers a mixed reality world of experience on around 300 square metres that is designed to bring the microcosm of the Port of Hamburg closer.
A shoal of silvery smelts rushes through the Elbe and reacts to visitors' movements, a fat computer-animated woolly hand crab crawls out from under a stone and tries to pinch the fingers of visitors. And with VR glasses, visitors can climb high up onto a container bridge or into the dock of Blohm + Voss under a huge ship's hull.
"We want to bring people closer to what is happening in the port, and in doing so enable unusual perspectives," explains Susan Molzow, Managing Director Discovery Dock. During the 50-minute guided tour, groups of visitors can immerse themselves in the virtual world of the port at multimedia stations with the help of virtual and augmented reality technology.
Interactive hands-on museum with VR simulations
At the centre of the interactive museum is a harbour model that seems to come to life through a 3D projection and makes it possible to experience 24 hours in the Port of Hamburg. All ship movements correspond to those in the real port with a 24-hour delay.
After an introductory film, visitors enter a darkened room with a large table in the middle. On it: a relief of the port. Using the latest multimedia technology, everything the port has to offer is projected onto this model: from the container terminal to the Köhlbrand Bridge and the Old Elbe Tunnel.
You can slip into the skin of captains and dockworkers and experience what it feels like to stand right next to a huge ship's propeller in a dry dock. In addition, containers can be loaded at a station with VR glasses or a dry dock can be explored. Customs and the port's animal world are also presented in multimedia form. To relax, we recommend a break with a breathtaking view from the virtual container bridge.
The guided tours can be booked for groups of up to 35 people. The innovative harbour museum can be experienced in German and English.
So the bad-weather programme for the next visit to Hamburg is already settled.
Source: hamburg-news / Picture
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