The second mission builds upon the first to recreate the theatrical performance aspects of silent movies. The archive offers Virtual Reality reconstructions of extinct silent movie theaters such as Shinjuku Musashinokan and Aoikan, both in Tokyo. Through VR technology, the visitors will enter the theater building and walk around the space. They can go up to balcony seats to compare how the projected image on the screen looks different from various locations in the building, and how benshi is less audible on upper balconies since there was no PA system in the old theaters. Visitors can also transport themselves to the spot where a benshi would appear on stage by the screen to perform.
Virtual reality of the 1920s Musashino-kan movie theater in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
