U-505 Dive Trainer Interactive Experience

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Gamifying history; an epic underwater story

Client

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Project Name

U-505 Dive Trainer Interactive Experience

Size

1,200 sq. ft.

Partners

Ravenswood Studio and Leviathan

Services

Interpretive Planning, Content Research, Exhibit Design, Graphic Design, Interactive Development, Production Management, and Project Management

Dive the submarine to keep the crew safe and to avoid enemy torpedoes. Are you up to the challenge?

In the U-505 Dive Trainer simulation, visitors operate the iconic WWII German submarine. Sound, vibrations, and three large screens deliver the immersive interactive and place the visitor into the driver seat. Their mission: to avoid capture and evade destruction by enemy explosives.

Our design was informed by extensive archival research and the U-505 submarine artifact itself. Together, with our partners and the museum, we created a truly interactive simulation of the U-505 submarine.

The Dive Trainer stations provide considerable insight into what operating the U-505 might have been like for its crew. In a recreation of the sub’s control room, visitors are challenged to maneuver the sub through a controlled dive by adjusting the bow and stern dive planes, while evading torpedoes, depth charges, and catastrophic water pressure that could force the vessel to surface.
- Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD)

The emotional impact of the exhibit can be experienced through modern technology.
-EventMarketer

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