WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite ongoing disagreement over the design of a national memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, planners are creating a high-tech virtual memorial to accompany the monument. A congressional commission developing the memorial has quietly launched a preview of an "e-memorial" being developed online to show how multimedia features would complement Frank's Gehry's design for a National Mall memorial. The e-memorial will eventually include a mobile app using "augmented reality" technology to superimpose historic images and recordings onto the memorial scene. It will include stories of Eisenhower as president and as World War II general. Media design firm Local Projects LLC is creating the e-memorial after creating interactive features for New York's 9/11 Memorial. Founder Jake Barton says the new technology will introduce Eisenhower to a new generation. __ The Eisenhower Memorial website — http://www.eisenhowermemorial.com/
Eisenhower Memorial to include high-tech features
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This model image, provided by Eisenhower Memorial Commission, shows the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial to be built in WashingtonDespite heated disagreement over the physical design of a national memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the nation’s capital, a virtual memorial to accompany the monument has already been created. Organizers are launching the “e-memorial” to show how multimedia features would complement Frank Gehry’s design for the Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall. It’s a mobile app filled with historic images and videos of the 34th president and World War II hero. (AP Photo/Eisenhower Memorial Commission)
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This model image, provided by Eisenhower Memorial Commission, shows the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial to be built in WashingtonDespite heated disagreement over the physical design of a national memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the nation’s capital, a virtual memorial to accompany the monument has already been created. Organizers are launching the “e-memorial” to show how multimedia features would complement Frank Gehry’s design for the Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall. It’s a mobile app filled with historic images and videos of the 34th president and World War II hero. (AP Photo/Eisenhower Memorial Commission)
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