Día de Los Muertos

Can technology help us keep our family’s memory alive?

OgdenXR presents a Day of the Dead Virtual Reality experience at Union Station—honoring memory, culture, and family through immersive technology.

When distance becomes part of your story, you realize that every important decision carries sacrifices. One of the hardest is accepting that you may never see part of your family again — not even to say goodbye. It’s a painful truth, but it teaches you to cherish your roots more deeply and to hold close the moments that connect you to where you come from.

For the Day of the Dead celebration at Union Station (Ogden, Utah), we had the privilege of participating in a cultural event that celebrated life, remembrance, and community. It was an opportunity to honor memory while sharing traditions that bridge generations.

Together with my team at OgdenXR, we created an immersive gallery that invited visitors to experience remembrance in a new way — through Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.

A digital cemetery filled with emotion

The gallery included four stations: three with Virtual Reality headsets and one with an Augmented Reality experience.
Inside the VR world, visitors walked through a digital cemetery decorated in the traditional Mexican style, surrounded by candles, flowers, and gentle music.

Among the graves, I placed photos of my own relatives who have passed away — people who shaped my life in ways they probably never knew. Some of them I never had the chance to say goodbye to, and seeing their faces there, in this space of light and memory, felt like a quiet reunion. For a few moments, technology allowed me to bridge time and distance, transforming absence into presence and sorrow into gratitude.

Beyond being a showcase of OgdenXR’s immersive technology, this experience was deeply personal. It reminded me that innovation, when guided by emotion and purpose, can help us reconnect not only with the future we’re building but with the people and stories that shaped who we are.

More than innovation — connection

Virtual Reality is often associated with entertainment, training, or education — but this project revealed something greater. It showed that VR can also serve as a bridge for remembrance, healing, and cultural connection.

Technology, at its best, doesn’t replace emotion; it amplifies it.

Sometimes, stepping into a virtual world helps us feel something very real: the presence of those we love, and the power of remembering together.

Eduardo Reyes – OgdenXR

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#OgdenXR #DayOfTheDead #VR #AR #Culture #Family #Innovation #Remembrance #VirtualReality #TechnologyWithPurpose #Heritage #Memory #Roots #ImmersiveExperience

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