--- description: More than half a century later, there's a new way to experience the March on Washington: the new immersive virtual-reality project The March. Here's what to know about the project. title: What to Know About TIME's March on Washington VR Project image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93158d4514db2a6d/698a079d011682500197eb40/the-march-logo.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # About _The March_ Dec 18, 2019 10:00 AM CUT  by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 18, 2019 10:00 AM CUT **The March** **_is a traveling exhibit that takes visitors on a groundbreaking virtual-reality journey to 1963._** As the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom came to a close, some of those who traveled to Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963, came away with a souvenir, [a pin-back button](https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc%5F2012.159.5 "undefined") on which a line drawing of the Capitol dome appeared above this simple declaration: “I WAS THERE.” More than 200,000 people were, in fact, there—marching peacefully for equality, and bearing witness to the moment when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. As his words joined the ranks of American history’s most famous addresses, that day solidified King’s place in a nation’s memory. Now, more than half a century later, there’s a new way to experience what those hundreds of thousands of people did: the new immersive virtual-reality project _The March_, which draws on the personal experiences of organizers and demonstrators. Through photogrammetry, motion capture and 3-D animation, participants will become a part of the March on Washington—able to say, in an entirely new way, that they were there too. The centerpiece of _The March_, presented in partnership with the Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is the first-ever digital performance of the “I Have a Dream” speech, which will be delivered by the first-ever virtual depiction of King— the most lifelike rendering of a human performance in virtual reality to date, made possible by advanced VR, AI, film production processes and machine-learning techniques. _The March_ will debut as an experiential [exhibit](https://time.com/longform/the-march-exhibits/ "undefined") on Feb. 28, 2020, at Chicago’s DuSable Museum of African American History, the first independent African American history museum in the country. [To stay informed about _The March_, click here to sign up for TIME’s History newsletter](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/history/?source=march-hub "undefined") --- Take a peek behind the scenes at the creation of The March—and learn how the immersive experience is allowing a man who attended the 1963 demonstration to revisit that history with his great-grandson: [Click here to learn more about Rev. Joseph’s story.](https://time.com/5745584/the-march-reverend-joseph/ "undefined") **Contact us** at [TheMarch@time.com](mailto:themarch@time.com?subject=%28READER%20FEEDBACK%29%20About%20The%20March "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5739714/about-the-march/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5739714/about-the-march/"},"headline":"About The March","datePublished":"2019-12-18T10:00:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T07:49:38.320Z","description":"More than half a century later, there's a new way to experience the March on Washington: the new immersive virtual-reality project The March. 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