Welcome to the world of Virtual Reality (VR).

This is how WE teach World War II history.

Imagine a 360 degree immersive field trip to Pearl Harbor, Normandy, France, Bastogne, Belgium, or Italy.

Don’t imagine it, let’s make it happen.

Discover World War II’s most famous battle sites and events right from your classroom or the comfort of your family room.

“Stand” on Omaha Beach or visit Pearl Harbor while hearing from the veterans there. “Wade” in the water. “Touch” the bunkers or sand. “Walk” onto the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor or “into” the American Cemetery in Normandy or the Punchbowl Cemetery on the island of Oahu.

Find your way through the forests outside Bastogne, Belgium.

Also, view archival videos from those days that defined history and hear from the veterans there.

That’s the power of VR!

Students learn best through video and visualization.

All you need is a VR viewer. Don’t have one?

No worries. We’ll send you a cardboard viewer for free to experience our amazing Virtual Reality films on your smartphone (for Android phones).

To date, the World War II Foundation has produced VR films in Normandy, France, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Bastogne, Belgium and Ramitelli, Italy.

We’re also just finished a new Tuskegee Airmen VR film, our 4th!

Our Normandy/Omaha Beach project has been recognized with some big international awards (see photo). Our Bastogne VR film was also recently just nominated for another big international award.

You can find all VR films on YouTubeVR or on Oculus Quest TV.

Links to both platforms can be found below.

Just follow the instructions for Oculus TV.

YouTubeTV pops up immediately.

The World War II Foundation is one of the very few history non-profit organizations globally to currently be utilizing VR to teach about the key moments of WWII while also making this technology available for free to everyone.

That’s cool, right? We think so.

Why not come on this incredible journey with us? The first reaction we hear when students put on their VR Goggles is usually “WOW.”

We like to hear that. So, let’s go on a journey to Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, or Omaha Beach in Normandy to experience D-Day on June 6, 1944, or the fighting during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.

Let’s see what it’s like at both locations today and back in the 1940s.

There’s much more coming from us in the future, so please stay tuned.

Sample some of our VR film clips (without Goggles) via the below links:

Bastogne

Omaha Beach

The Tuskegee Airmen

For full VR films, Click Below and Search either Pearl Harbor, Omaha Beach, or Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, on either VR platform. 

YouTube VR Link

Oculus Quest TV Link