Diocletians Dream: A VR time travel to ancient Split

Diocletian's Palace in the Croatian coastal city of Split is one of the best-preserved buildings of antiquity. A recently opened VR attraction allows visitors to travel back in time and see what the imposing retirement residence of Roman Emperor Diocletian looked like after it was built in 305 AD. I tried out the VR experience.

I have been living in Croatia for four years and I write about virtual reality on a daily basis. When I heard that the first historical VR attraction in Croatia opened in Split, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to visit it and travel back in time in VR.

The palace, which covers about 30,000 square meters, is the biggest tourist attraction in Split. It was built on the cusp of the fourth century and commissioned by Diocletian, the only Roman emperor who left office voluntarily and without violence and spent his last years in this palace.