Dimensions in Testimony
Description
An interactive museum installation that recreates the experience of talking to a Holocaust survivor about their experiences. A large display screen shows a video recording of a Holocaust survivor, sitting in a chair. Visitors can ask the survivor questions by speaking into a microphone, and the survivor will respond with a pre-recorded answer on the topic. Natural language processing is used to interpret the visitor's question and match it to the response. The recordings were made with 23 ultra-high definition cameras surrounding the interviewees in all directions to allow them to be displayed in three dimensions, although only two-dimensional versions of the installation have been employed as of March 2021.
Creator
USC Shoah Foundation
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Citation
USC Shoah Foundation, “Dimensions in Testimony,” Encyclopedia of Cemetery Technology, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cemeterytech.omeka.net/items/show/25.