The Technology Behind Capturing Holocaust Survivors

Preserving Memory in 3D: The Technology Behind Capturing Holocaust Survivors

We are racing against time.

Every week, the number of able to share their stories in person decreases. Words on a page are not enough. 2D video, while valuable, can’t replicate presence. That’s why we’ve chosen a different path — one that merges cutting-edge technology with deep moral responsibility.

Margot Friedländer at Volucap Studio in Babelsberg to create 3D Avatar of her.

Volumetric Video: Memory You Can Walk Around

We use volumetric video capture to record survivors in full 3D — not just from a single camera, but with over 40 synchronized cameras surrounding them. This isn’t CGI. These are real people, captured in their full presence, allowing future generations to walk around them in virtual space, see every gesture, and feel every pause.

Our system captures with more than 2,500 Megapixels per frame, producing the highest-resolution human performance archive ever created for historical preservation. This detail matters — in a future of deepfakes and misinformation, authenticity is our strongest defense.

A Global Archive, From the Country of the Perpetrators

While our technology has been used on Hollywood sets like Matrix 4 and Mickey 17, this project is different.

It’s personal.
It’s historic.
And it’s the first volumetric Holocaust archive initiated from Germany — the country of the perpetrators.

From Berlin to New York, we are building a global network of stories. Survivors stand in our portable volumetric rig, often sharing their testimonies for the last time — and we preserve them not just as content, but as encounters.

Future-Proofing the Past
We pair our captures with:

📱 Voluverse distribution, allowing these testimonies to reach classrooms, exhibitions, and headsets worldwide

AI-enhanced processing for smooth, time-consistent geometry

📦 Custom compression codecs for seamless playback across platforms

🧬 Archival protocols that meet museum-level standards for long-term preservation

In an era of synthetic media, we need real stories. Real faces. Real pain.
This project doesn’t just record history — it confronts it.

Because silence is not an option.