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29 March - 30 April

BEYOND the CASTLE is the first VR experience of Location Based Edutainment (LBEd) of Beyond The Gate at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, where it is possible to travel back in time up to the Italian Renaissance. After a walk on the battlements, inside the Falconiera Tower, visitors wear the HTC Vive viewers becoming archers, to explore the castle from a new point of view.

 

The project is an innovative virtual reality experience that transforms users from passive viewers to active participants, involved and totally immersed in the virtual environment. During the game, visitors are accompanied by the voice of an artificial intelligence, Eva, who guides them with news on the history and secrets of the castle. Here, as archers, visitors sharpen their skills using different weapons, such as the long bow or the bombardella, one of the first Italian firearms of the time. The practical approach thus allows visitors to learn about the different specificities of weapons in a more effective and interactive way.

 

The high quality of the game design allows you to live a deep immersive experience, where you can also hear the vibration of the bow string while nocking the arrow. For this reason, the sound environment has a key role: in the game, the participants feel the cannon explosions, the bombing blows, as if everything was really happening, experiencing a new and engaging experience.

 

What makes this project unique is the strong connection between real and virtual: every detail of the game was in fact created to recall the current castle, from the interior to the exterior. Today only a few traces remain of what was originally the Sforza Castle, destroyed and modified during four centuries of foreign domination and world conflicts. Through the experience of BEYOND the CASTLE, visitors can learn about the appearance of the castle in the fifteenth century, the era of Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan.

 

The project was carried out in collaboration with the University of Milan, after a philological research on historical documents, sources and ancient maps. During the game, visitors walk inside the 15th century Falconiera Tower and lean out from the battlements to admire the massive external defensive wall, the Ghirlanda, now mostly destroyed. Furthermore, the project allows visitors to learn about places that have changed over the centuries in a way that would be difficult to experience otherwise. In the final level, users explore the virtual reconstruction of the Pond of Santo Stefano, the area of the University of Milan, where in the past, barges with Candoglia marble blocks for the construction of the barges started from the water channels of the Duomo.

 

Costs and booking for Beyond the castle

To participate, online booking is required: https://beyondthegate.io/beyondthecastle/

 

Single ticket 20 euros + (2 euros advance sale), 9 euros for school groups (the ticket for the "Beyond the Castle" experience does not include the ticket for the Sforzesco Castle Museums)

Children between 10 and 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Evening visits: private visits beyond the normal opening hours, by reservation only, minimum 6 people, 35 euros.

For reservations: info@operadartemilano.it or info@beyondthegate.io

 




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