The Chicago 00 Project

10/09/2021

Chicago00 has just released its newest webApp for the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire.

Chicago00: 1871 brings to life an enormous 360-degree painting of the Great Chicago Fire created in 1892. The oil painting is over 40 feet long, with amazing detail, and here is presented in interactive webVR format.

You can zoom in, pan around, hear narrated audio tours, and find more information about the scenes and the painting.

https://1871.Chicago00.org

06/22/2020

Chicago00 launches the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition VR web portal.

03/06/2020

ABC, celebrating Chicago's 183rd birthday, makes special mention of the upcoming Chicago00: 1893 World's Columbian Exposition VR! https://abc7chicago.com/5984324/

11/15/2019

This 4' x 40' study was made from the original Great Chicago Fire Cyclorama, a 500' painting first displayed in 1892 at the Chicago cyclorama on Michigan Avenue between Monroe and Madison. Oil on canvas. Posted as part of the Chicago 00 Project with the Chicago History Museum. www.Chicago00.org

10/31/2019

Two views from our upcoming episode, Chicago00: The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, to be published in early 2020.

Here are two aerial views from our upcoming episode, Chicago00: The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, to be published in early 2020.

A view from 210' above Jackson Park and the site of the enormous 1893 Manufacturer's Building, and a view from the original Ferris Wheel.

10/31/2019

Chicago00 awarded 2019 Chicago Innovation Award for Social Innovation!

https://chicagoinnovation.com/winners/chicago-history-museum/

09/22/2018

Chicago00: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre VR experience, also available as an app for iPhone and Android, won a 2018 Muse Award for excellence from the American Alliance of Museums.

Photographs and documents from the Chicago History Museum's archive are brought to the site of the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre through virtual reality. The photos collected here, some well-known, some rare, tell this familiar Chicago story in a new and compelling way.

Featuring selections from the Chicago History Museum, Chicago Tribune Archive, John Binder Collection, and Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, the narrated immersive, interactive experience puts the user in the shoes of the photographers who captured this infamous moment in Chicago history. The app version offers the ability to zoom-in to examine individual photos and learn more with extensive text captions.

www.Chicago00.org

09/14/2018

The Chicago 00 Project is nominated for the 2018 Chicago Innovation Awards.

Vote us in in for the 'People's Choice Award'!

- Chicago Innovation

01/13/2018

'Spaces' was created for display on the Media Stream 150— the largest screen in Chicago spanning 3,000+ square feet located in the lobby of the 150 North Riverside tower. This 33 megapixel, 150 by 22 foot video, 25 minutes long, is here presented as a 2 minute timelapse of the screen on site. The video stitches together thousands of historical photographs from the Chicago History Museum's archive of Henrich Blessing photographs of interior and exterior architecture from 1925 to 1975.

Part of the CHICAGO 00 PROJECT: www.Chicago00.org

07/14/2017

Chicago00 : The Eastland Disaster AR Experience app