Explore Elizabeth Holmes’ Desk Through Detailed Interactive Website Featuring Real Trial Documents

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A new website recreates Elizabeth Holmes’ workspace using over a thousand real emails, slides, and documents from her trial, allowing users to explore her devices and Theranos technology virtually.

An engineer at Extend has developed a highly detailed website that lets users virtually sit at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk and explore digital artifacts from the infamous Theranos trial. Bo Lau designed the interactive experience based on more than a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents made public during the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes case.

The simulated environment is meticulously crafted to recreate a 2016 workspace, complete with an iPhone model requiring a slide-to-unlock gesture and a MacBook Air running OS X El Capitan. Users can browse through the real exhibits as seen on Holmes’ iPhone and laptop screens — including messages, emails, corporate slides, and technical records relating to the Theranos Edison blood-testing device.

Additionally, the website includes a virtual version of the Theranos Edison machine itself, a device central to the company’s false claims and legal troubles. This interactive format offers a more accessible way to sift through the voluminous trial materials compared to combing through thousands of court PDFs.

Beyond serving as an educational tool and digital archive, the project also supports a promotional watch party for Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, titled “You Can See Everything.” The creator’s employer, Extend, a company focused on parsing and extracting complex documents with high accuracy, benefits from showcasing such an ambitious document-driven project.

This virtual desk simulation stands out as a unique intersection of technology, legal transparency, and digital storytelling, providing a novel means to engage with one of tech’s most notorious criminal cases without needing legal expertise or court access.