A haunting journey into Anne Frank’s house in VR

To live in hiding, fearing for your life and anticipating that someone will come and take you away, may seem almost unimaginably difficult. But this is precisely the feeling you experience when you visit the Anne Frank House, the home in Amsterdam where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis during World War II.

I have passed in front of that house, though I never set foot inside. But this week, I was able to venture inside through the magic of virtual reality, which can transport you to another place and immerse you in its emotions. I was able to do that through an Oculus Go VR headset, using the Anne Frank House VR app created by Anne Frank House, Force Field VR, and Oculus Studios. It is a memorable experience, and I have to say in recent days it has become clear that we are very much in need of remembering what happened to Anne.