The I-124 Japanese submarine was sunk off Darwin Harbour, Australia, on the 20th of January 1942. This VR experience demonstrates a recent multibeam sonar survey completed in October 2021 by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, as well as animations of the sinking of the submarine, the various data sources to understand its design, and finishes with a virtual dive across its decks as they may have appeared in the years after the sinking. This research and visualisation by John McCarthy was commissioned by the NT Heritage Branch, whose future plans for the site include dive surveys to establish the current condition of the wreck.

For more information on this archaeological site, see:
http://www.environment.gov.au/....shipwreck/public/wre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Japanese_submarine_I

A dedicated page on the submarine and associated monument on the website of the Australian Japanese Association of the Northern Territory https://www.ajant.org/i-124.html

See also the excellent and detailed book on this event written by Darwin-based historian Dr Tom Lewis https://www.amazon.com.au/Darw....ins-Submarine-I-124-

English and Japanese subtitles are available, and a Japanese language audio version of this video is available on the same YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/VGHmXNhobz4

To see the video in the highest possible resolution go to https://www.oculus.com/experie....nces/media/118574224

See a previous virtual dive by Dr John McCarthy, maritime archaeologist at Flinders University, on the wreck of a 17th century Dutch flute in Iceland at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hovKu1bi7kA