07-05-2025
A lavish new immersive Titanic exhibition is coming to London this summer
One of the more pleasant surprises of the year has been that Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition you see advertised everywhere. Yeah, it's kind of basic, but in a really high tech way, with all sorts of fun VR and immersive film bits and bobs that certainly offer a good two hours of distraction for younger audiences.
And now we're getting a sister exhibition. Admittedly the story of the Titanic may be less appealing to tween audiences, but adults obsessed with the doomed ship should be in heaven with the lavish The Legend of the Titanic: The Immersive Exhibition, which comes to Canada Water events space Dock X this summer.
Although it will presumably lack the balls-tripping weirdness of the many sections of Tutankhamun devoted to the Egyptian afterlife, there will be plenty of immersion to get immersed in: we're promised an augmented reality recreation of Southampton harbour, actual recreations of first and third class cabins, historical artefacts (original and replicas), a VR tribute to the ship's famously determined orchestra, an immersive film charting the ship's voyage and a '5D metaverse featuring interactive elements and 5D sensory experiences, including simulated smells and a realistic reconstruction of the different classes and areas of the ship'. There's also a child-friendly activity room and Café de Parisien, a replica of the on-board cafe serving food and drink.
