GovExec Media Group / Digital experience

A virtual
Hall of Fame.

An awards gala inside a digital recreation of Washington National Cathedral.

Brand: GovExec Media Group
Scope: Immersive digital experience · Virtual event

The virtual National Cathedral interior lined with Government Hall of Fame honoree banners — The Virtual Hall of FameImmersive digital experience

An immersive gathering

Give a virtual event a place to happen.

When an awards gala moved online during the COVID era, Washington National Cathedral became a digital environment visitors could explore. The Virtual Hall of Fame brought the setting and the honorees into one connected experience.

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Building the world

Architecture becomes interaction.

The cathedral interior was modeled from the ground up. Cinema 4D and Unity helped turn the architecture into a navigable space, with paths and destinations designed around the event.

Three-dimensional exterior model of Washington National Cathedral against a black background — Building the cathedral3D architecture

Cathedral arches and columns rising from a floor plan in a three-dimensional construction view — Inside the modelInterior model

Numbered locations and colored paths mapped across the cathedral floor plan — Mapping the experienceExperience map

Exploring the hall

Every banner opens a story.

Visitors could move through the cathedral and explore profiles of the honorees. The environment connected the scale of the shared occasion with the individual stories behind it.