VR Experience

The Secret Dome VR is a premium 30 minute virtual reality experience that combines historical authenticity with high-impact immersive design.

Built on original research and archival material, the experience introduces audiences to the Dome Trainer — a revolutionary Second World War invention that pioneered immersive training long before the digital era. From this foundation, participants move beyond training into operational scenarios that reveal how these skills were used in real-world defence.

The result is an experience that is both educational and deeply engaging.

Participants begin inside a reconstructed Dome Trainer, learning how wartime gunners were trained to track fast-moving aircraft under pressure. This training phase introduces core skills — anticipation, interception, and decision-making — within a controlled, historically grounded environment.

Those same skills are then applied beyond the Dome. Participants find themselves deployed into live defensive situations inspired by documented wartime operations: defending cities from dive-bomber attacks, manning anti-aircraft guns aboard ships at sea, and engaging enemy aircraft in open skies.

This transition from training to action allows audiences to understand not only how the Dome Trainer worked, but why it mattered.

Designed for Public Presentation

The experience is designed specifically for museums, galleries, festivals, and cultural venues.

  • Seated and standing format, adaptable for different venues

  • Intuitive interaction requiring no prior VR experience

  • Designed to reduce the risk motion sickness

  • Consistent throughput and operator-friendly setup

This makes The Secret Dome suitable for a wide range of audiences, from general visitors to educational groups.

Why Virtual Reality?

The Dome Trainer was created to immerse trainees in simulated danger so that they could survive real encounters.

By combining training and live operational scenarios in a single experience, The Secret Dome VR demonstrates the direct relationship between preparation and outcome, a principle as relevant today as it was in the 1940s.

Current Status

A working prototype has been completed, validating the creative approach, interaction design, and audience impact.

The full experience is currently in development, with opportunities for collaboration across heritage, culture, education, and exhibition.