The public now has a chance to witness the island’s experiences of the war in virtual reality (VR).
The nonprofit Pacific Historic Parks is providing a virtual reality experience at the Guam Museum.
They produced an immersive storytelling documentary featuring animated retellings from CHamoru survivors.
The stories are oral histories sourced from written records collected and stored by Pacific Historic Parks. They're then brought to life by local voices.
This project has been four years in the making.
It’s cut up into five chapters, beginning with the Japanese invasion of Guam and ending with the American liberation. In between are vivid accounts of the Japanese bombing of Hagatna, the forced labor in Malesso, and the CHamoru resistance at Atate.
Pacific Historic Parks' Education and Program manager, Jacqueline Balajadia, indicated that they are not done taking advantage of this technology.
She said they're working on another VR historical production. "It's going to take a little bit of a while maybe a year or two," said Balajadia. "But we're hoping to do like historic Hagatna because the capital of our island has changed greatly over time.”
The VR event will be running at the Guam Museum until July 21st, Liberation Day. More information can be found online.
