MEMORISE

MEMORISE will create a framework to preserve and enhance HNP by virtualising and linking multimodal HNP data resources and by developing and offering novel digital technologies to the general public for accessing, exploring and engaging with HNP. These digital tools include the development of a novel smartphone app that narrates victims’ experiences on the basis of diaries, Augmented Reality (AR) solutions to enhance memorial site visitor experiences and a web-based interface that gives access to all materials and supports narrative virtual experiences for everyone, as well as a user model and AI engine to offer individualised experiences for users to learn about HNP. 

The individualisation will be realised building a novel synthetic agent (AI engine) grounded on neuroscientific principles to understand the users’ cognitive state and assist in the exploration of historical datasets. This agent will be based on a cognitive architecture theory that implements its perception, cognition and action capabilities. Furthermore, our team is working in collaboration with partners from MEMORISE to enhance and further curate existing virtual environments of the Bergen-Belsen concentration and Westerbork exportation camps. The virtual models of these camps, which have hardly any physical buildings remaining, were originally created by the Future Memory Foundation.