Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter (pictured) was re-created as a hologram as part of the ‘New Dimensions in Testimony’ project created by USC’s Shoah Foundation
– Researchers from USC’s Shoah Foundation have interviewed more than a dozen Holocaust survivors as part of a new project, ‘New Dimensions in Testimony’
– They use AR, VR and AI to preserve their stories in the form of a hologram
– The realistic holograms are then debuted at museums around the country
– Museum-goers can interact with the holograms and ask them questions
A team of researchers from the University of Southern California are working to immortalize the stories of Holocaust survivors while they still can.
Using a combination of augmented and virtual reality, as well as artificial intelligence, they’ve created holograms of survivors, many aged well into their 90s, that museum visitors can interact with and ask questions.
92-year-old Holocaust survivor Stanley Bernath is the latest subject of the program, called ‘New Dimensions in Testimony,’ and marks the 15th survivor researchers have interviewed so far.
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Bernath sat for a 13 hour interview, during which he was asked more than 1,000 questions, ranging from those dealing with his experiences in the Holocaust to more general queries about his life.
USC’s Shoah Foundation, which is behind the project, has debuted exhibits at museums across the country and international festivals.
A beta version of Bernath’s hologram is now on view at Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood, Ohio, according to Fox News.
Audience members can ask Bernath questions at the museum. In a video, a viewer is seen asking him what happened to his family during the Holocaust, to which his hologram responds: ‘My brother and mother survived.’
11 million people were killed in the Holocaust, with up to 6 million of them being Jews.
USC researchers hope that the project will help preserve survivors’ stories ‘far into the future.’
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USC’s Shoah Foundation, which is behind the project, has debuted the ‘New Dimensions in Testimony’ project at museums across the country and international festivals
The project is, in some ways, a race against time, as the next generation may not have the opportunity of hearing from Holocaust survivors directly.
Bernath and other survivors involved in the project also want to make sure their stories are preserved so as to prevent further atrocities from happening.
‘The Holocaust should never, ever be forgotten,’ Bernath told Fox News. ‘I don’t know how long I’ll be around.’
Source: Daily Mail