An internet-connected videocamera installed at a gravesite that streams video and audio from the grave to a mobile app, where it can be viewed by friends and family. The camera has a built-in speaker that allows the user to speak through it remotely,…
A website and mobile app that provides the user with a detailed map of Arlington National Cemetery, the United States military cemetery. The map is composited from satellite photography overlaid with a street map. Users may search for a specific…
A crowdsourced online database of graves with GPS locations. Users upload details about each grave including its location, basic biographical details of the deceased, a transcription of the headstone and photographs of the gravesite. Mobile app…
An early attempt to create an experience of "talking" to a deceased person at their gravesite, developed in the mid-1970s. The solar-powered interactive tombstone included an analogue speaker system and, later, a video display, which played…
A sound system designed to play music inside a buried coffin. Speakers embedded in the coffin lid (underground) connect to a computer server embedded in the gravestone (above ground), which displays the song that is currently playing on a small…
A service that creates ground-level explorable virtual recreations of the cemetery using 360 degree photography (otherwise known as VR photography). Also provides sales, marketing and management software services.
A mobile app that provides a searchable directory of war graves for servicemen and women who died in World War I and World War II. The app is provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, an intergovernmental organisation that is responsible…
A stainless steel or brass plaque that affixes to a gravestone or other monument with a QR code that links to an online memorial page. The memorial page can display text, photos, video and audio recordings.
A customised metal plaque that affixes to a gravestone and features a QR code that links to an online memorial page. The memorial page can display text, photos, video and audio recordings, and a custom Google Map that points to the grave's location.…