Cape Coast Castle
Overlooking the gulf of Guinea Cape Coast Castle located in Ghana west Africa is a large whitewashed fort built by the Swedish in the 17th century. It was later used by the British as a holding prison for enslaved Africans. Countless enslaved Africans died inside Cape Coast castle dungeons from sickness and disease due to vile, unthinkable living conditions. English captives lived above the dungeons in luxury.
Cape Coast 3D Tour
The Zamani Project is part of the African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes Database. Zamani is a research group at the University of Cape Town, which acquires, models, presents and manages spatial and other data from cultural heritage sites.
An awesome 3D Model of the exterior of Cape castle produced by the Zamani Project as part of the “Atlantic Slave Trade” documentation project. This is a fly-through animation of a part of the textured 3D model of the Cape Coast Castle inner court as created by Masters student Sven Wies. It is derived from high resolution terrestrial Laser-Scan data and represents the site as is with cm accuracy and without any augmentation. For presentation purposes a low or medium -resolution model was used. Click the image to start the video and view the 3d model of Ghana’s historial Cape Coast Castle.
VR Tour Details
The VR tour explores Cape Castle slave dungeons and the door of no return. The door was the point out of which many, perhaps millions, of African slaves took the final step from their home continent and onto the slave ships that would bring them to the new world, if they even survived the journey. To be precise, the VR tour covers 4 parts beginning with the male slave dungeon starting at 4:45 through 5:50 in the video, the female punishment cell starting at 23:35 through 24:23, the female slave dungeon starting at 24:30 through 25:08 and last but not least, the door of no return starting at 28:10 through 29:50. Click the youtube video for more info.
VR TOUR PC Requirements
GPU: Geforce 1080 or better
CPU: i5 (4 core) up from 3rd gen
Min. 16 GB RAM
SSD drive
Windows 10
VR TOUR Recommended Headset
Oculus Rift
Oculus Rift S
Oculus Rift Touch
Oculus Quest (Please Read)
Headset Cable Extension (optional)
VR Tour Download
The Reparation Hub offers a Virtual Reality tour of Cape Coast Castle dungeons where enslaved Africans suffered horrific abuse and held captive. Whether you’ve postoned a trip to Cape Coast castle due to covid, or you’re simply seeking a thrill, buckle up for this once in a lifetime virtual reality experience inside Ghana’s monumental castle!
After downloading the ZIP file you must “extract” all files, and then click the exe file represented by our logo. After this, simply follow the instructions on your scene to start the VR tour which requires much walking and therefore a minimum of 125 square feet of space and 25 feet of cable are recommended in order to experience the VR tour in its entirety. Find out how to extend your headset cable if need be.
Additionally you may utilize the buttons on the hand controllers to turn in the direction of the orange footsteps which will help guide you into the dungeon. Exit the VR game all the way and then restart the game in the event of a crash.
See the video of the free trial version of the vr tour here.
THE ENTIRE VR TOUR COVERING MALE & FEMALE SLAVE DUNGEONS, FEMALE PUNISHMENT CELL AND THE DOOR OF NO RETURN WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE OCULUS STORE SOON! ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY BUY THE GAME FOR $5.99 DIRECTLY ON THIS WEBSITE. CLICK ON THE "BUY FULL VR TOUR NOW" BUTTON. BE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK HEADSET AND PC REQUIREMENTS BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE AS WE DO NOT ISSUE REFUNDS OF ANY KIND.
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