How new technologies bring the Berlin Wall to life


Timeride's Rothe, a company offering Virtual Reality tours through a still-divided Berlin, posing next to Checkpoint Charlie on Aug 22, 2019 in Berlin. — AFP

Entrepreneurs are bringing Germany's history to life with the help of virtual and augmented reality apps. They are particularly useful as the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches.

For 28 years it divided the city, then 30 years ago the Berlin Wall finally fell. There are hardly any remnants of the wall left in many parts of the capital. A strip of cobblestones laid into the streets marking its former path can easily by missed.

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