The Arc

Walk through the Vault

The visitor can experience the interior of the Seed Vault through a VR experience. To also give bystanders an immersive experience, high-res life-size imagery of walking through the chambers of the Global Seed Vault is projection-mapped onto the inside faces of the architectural recess. Through conveying the feeling of actually walking through the vault, visitors can explore the vast collection of seeds. By using their gestures, visitors can control the walkthrough themselves. An immersive audio experience that accompanies the walkthrough creates the feeling of actually walking through the chambers. Selected seeds from the Global Seed Vault are projected to the sides of the walkthrough experience and high up on the walls of the room. When in idle mode, the walkthrough will autoplay, highlighting selected items from the Seed Vault. If an online Content Management System would be useful for adding new plants or thematic collections, it is good to know that 3D models require the creation of custom artwork.