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Celebrating America\u2019s 250th\u00a0Anniversary<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Celebrating America\u2019s 250th\u00a0Anniversary<\/p>\n
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New York, NY (April 30, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Today, the creators of\u00a0Echoes of Revolution<\/a>: NYC<\/a>\u00a0unveiled a first-look preview of what users will experience when using this app and diving into this\u00a0world leading cultural experience that will launch in June 2026.\u00a0 Coinciding with America\u2019s 250th\u00a0anniversary, Echoes of Revolution: NYC will bring to life New York City\u2019s defining role in America\u2019s founding. A preview\u00a0can be viewed\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Created by The Gotham Center for NYC History at the CUNY Graduate Center, leading global video game publisher Ubisoft and creative technology studio Sugar Creative, this multimedia 90-minute walking tour in downtown Manhattan will be a FREE city-scale augmented reality experience for\u00a0mobile devices utilizing the detailed historical environments of Assassin\u2019s Creed\u00ae III (set during the American Revolution).<\/p>\n
Peter-Christian Aigner, Director of the\u00a0Gotham Center for New York City History at the CUNY Graduate Center<\/a>;\u00a0Ted Knudsen, Professor of History at CUNY Queens College;\u00a0Amy Jenkins-Le Guerrou\u00e9, Strategic Alliances Director at\u00a0Ubisoft<\/a>; and\u00a0Will Humphrey, Creative Director of\u00a0Sugar Creative<\/a>\u00a0was joined by\u00a0Jessica Lappin, President of the\u00a0Downtown Alliance<\/a>;\u00a0Josh Brumberg, President of the\u00a0CUNY Graduate Center<\/a>; and\u00a0Scott Dwyer Executive Director, Sons of the Revolution\u2120 in the State of New York, Inc. and the\u00a0Fraunces Tavern\u00ae Museum<\/a>\u00a0with school kids from\u00a0Living City Project<\/a>\u00a0gathered at Fraunces Tavern to provide a first-look preview of the experience.<\/p>\n
Powered by Niantic Spatial’s Visual Positioning System (VPS), Echoes of Revolution: NYC\u00a0precisely anchors the immersive mixed-reality storytelling to\u00a0ten real-world locations including\u00a0Bowling Green, Wall Street, Federal Hall, and other pivotal sites across lower Manhattan.\u00a0Thanks to immersive AR and geolocation technology and using the world of Assassin\u2019s Creed III as a visual framework, this 90-minute experience transports visitors back in time, placing them inside the defining moments of New York City’s revolutionary story at the exact locations where they unfolded.\u00a0Visitors can explore a digitally reconstructed colonial New York layered directly onto today\u2019s streets. The experience is available on both iOS and Android.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York City has long deserved a \u2018freedom trail\u2019 to spotlight its centrality in the American Revolution. But now thanks to Ubisoft and Sugar Creative, we can give people a rich visual and experiential sense of what it was like to live through this harrowing, inspiring, dramatic, and foundational moment in history,\u201d said\u00a0Peter Aigner, Director, The\u00a0Gotham Center for New York City History at the CUNY Graduate Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cUbisoft is excited about using the worlds of Assassin\u2019s Creed III and Assassin\u2019s Creed Rogue to bring key moments of the American Revolution to life for visitors exploring the streets of Boston and New York City,\u201d said\u00a0Amy Jenkins-Le Guerrou\u00e9, Strategic Alliances Director, Ubisoft.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ability to intelligently and effectively add content to the world is not simply a tool \u2013 it is the vital catalyst to transforming places into canvases for an infinite number of stories,\u201d said\u00a0Will Humphrey, Creative Director, Sugar Creative.<\/p>\n
\u201cProjects of this ambition depend entirely on the quality of the people you work with. We’ve been fortunate to find in Gotham Center and Ubisoft partners who care as much about getting it right as we do. It’s a source of real pride that it’s a Welsh studio helping to bring New York’s revolutionary story back to life,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Jason Veal, Managing Director, Sugar Creative.<\/p>\n
Echoes of Revolution: NYC is built on the historical expertise and curatorial vision of the NYC Revolutionary Trail, developed by Gotham Center for New York City History. The Gotham Center for New York City is also partnering with the\u00a0Museum of the City of New York\u00a0for the upcoming exhibit, \u201cThe Occupied City<\/a>,\u201d to ring in New York\u2019s 250th\u00a0celebration.<\/p>\n
In addition, as part of NYC Revolutionary Trail, The Gotham Center offers an\u00a0online classroom\u00a0featuring short, standard-aligned lesson modules for middle school, high school, and college students nationwide.<\/p>\n
Echoes of Revolution: NYC is made possible by support from the\u00a0Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation<\/a>, the Leon Levy Foundation, the Achelis-Bodman Foundation, Creative Wales and Media Cymru through UK Research and Innovation\u2019s Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) and New York\u2019s Downtown Alliance.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit\u00a0nycrevolutionarytrail.org<\/a>,\u00a0echoesofrevolution.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow on Instagram\u00a0@NYCRevTrail<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or X\u00a0@NYCRevTrail<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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NYC Press Contacts on behalf of Gotham Center for New York City History:<\/p>\n
Shin-Jung Hong \u2013\u00a0ShinJung@nicholaslence.com<\/a>\u00a0| Cell: 617-413-7880<\/p>\n
Jasmin Curtiss \u2013\u00a0Jasmin@nicholaslence.com<\/a>\u00a0| Cell: 631-880-9644<\/p>\n
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Press Contact for Ubisoft:<\/p>\n
Anthony Acosta\u00a0\u2013\u00a0anthony.acosta@ubisoft.com<\/a>\u00a0| Cell:\u00a0415-357-2628<\/a><\/p>\n
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