A new London exhibition resurrects Pompeii with virtual volcanoes, 3D replicas of plaster casts, and a metaverse tour that places visitors inside the ancient city’s final moments.
London is bringing the ancient Roman city of Pompeii back to life through a sweeping new immersive exhibition that blends archaeology, digital recreation and dramatic storytelling. “The Last Days of Pompeii”, opening on Friday at Immerse LDN, offers a multi-sensory journey into the world destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Visitors enter a space where volcanic flames, fireballs and collapsing buildings are projected across giant screens. One of the main attractions is a 25-minute immersive film that surrounds the audience with the sights and sounds of Vesuvius erupting, reimagined through advanced 3D technology. Executive producer Jordi Sellas says the aim is to make visitors feel as though they are inside Pompeii at the moment of the catastrophe.
Sellas explains that the exhibition also features an excavation room designed to turn every visitor into an archaeologist. This interactive space reflects the experience of uncovering Pompeii's history piece by piece, highlighting how fiction and historical reality intersect when researchers, writers and scriptwriters reconstruct the ancient past.
A key component of the exhibition is the virtual reality tour of the Villa of the Mysteries, one of Pompeii’s most iconic suburban villas. Using VR headsets, visitors walk through digitally recreated baths, kitchens and ceremonial rooms in a metaverse environment, exploring the house as it would have looked moments before the eruption. These scenes were developed in collaboration with Madrid Artes Digitales, which provided the visual recreations used in the metaverse experience.
The exhibition also presents objects that illustrate daily life in Pompeii. A broken figure of Diana the Huntress is displayed alongside a replica head of a Roman sculpture, Roman military armour, and a replica of a tablet recovered from the site. Curator Miriam Huescar Lopez says the original plan was to work directly with the Pompeii Archaeological Park, but transporting sensitive artefacts such as the recovered plaster casts of victims proved too difficult. For security reasons, the team chose to create detailed 3D-printed replicas of the casts, allowing visitors to understand their significance without risking damage to the originals.
Throughout the halls, digital screens reimagine Pompeii’s streets, markets and public squares, showing how the city might have looked before the eruption. Scenes of lava, lightning and ash clouds build toward the disaster that buried the town, while footage of today’s ruins appears alongside immersive projections to show the contrast between past and present.
Footage from Pompeii itself, including tourists photographing plaster casts stored on-site and walking through the ancient streets with Mount Vesuvius looming in the background, reinforces the lasting fascination with the city’s story.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that preparations are under way for a substantial business mission to Moscow, describing the vi...
Eighteen migrants drowned when their boat overturned 26 miles (40 km) south of the Greek island of Chrysi, after a Turkish cargo ship spotted the vess...
FIFA releases the 2026 World Cup schedule with match dates, venues, and key fixtures. See when host nations USA, Mexico, and Canada play and get an ov...
‘We will continue to do everything we can to ensure that the peace plan for Gaza is put into action as soon as possible and that this humanitarian t...
British Chancellor Rachel Reeves has reaffirmed her confidence in the country’s independent fiscal watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), despite a significant operational blunder that saw sensitive budget details published hours ahead of schedule on Wednesday.
A major fire continues to rage at a warehouse in Southall, west London, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky hours after it first broke out.
Visitors to some of UK’s major cities, including London, could soon be paying extra, if they stay overnight in hotels or Airbnb style accommodation by paying a tourist tax.
More than 100,000 people marched through central London in one of the largest right-wing demonstrations in modern UK history, prompting police clashes and political uproar.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has finalized the group stage for the tournament co-hosted by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, setting the schedule and matchups for next summer’s expanded 48-team event.
FIFA releases the 2026 World Cup schedule with match dates, venues, and key fixtures. See when host nations USA, Mexico, and Canada play and get an overview of group stage and knockout rounds.
Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged heavy fire along their shared border late on Friday, a reminder of how sensitive the frontier remains despite ongoing diplomatic efforts.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for its support of the claims by United Arab Emirates on three Iranian islands.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping accompanied French President Emmanuel Macron to Chengdu on Friday, a rare gesture seemingly reserved for the head of Europe's second-largest economy that highlights Beijing's focus on Paris in its ties with the European Union.
Netflix’s plan to buy Warner Bros marks a rare moment in Hollywood where scale, risk and ambition collide. The agreement, announced on 5 December, puts a price of roughly 82.7 billion dollars on one of the film industry's most influential studios.
American talk show host Oprah Winfrey has praised Australia's decision to ban social media for under-16s from next week, saying the move would help young people socialise more.
In a small town on the outskirts of Warsaw, lumps of glass are transformed into dazzling holiday decorations, as Silverado, a family-owned factory in Jozefow, polishes the tradition of mouth-blown Christmas ornaments, captivating buyers across the globe and spreading festive cheer.
Israel’s participation in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be discussed on Thursday (4 December), as the organising body, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) meet in Geneva to consider whether the country can compete amid threats from some nations to withdraw over the ongoing Gaza war.
The Louvre Museum in Paris on Tuesday unveiled renovated galleries showcasing 17th and 18th-century Italian and Spanish paintings and opened its new Gallery of the Five Continents.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment