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The very first IMAX VR arcade just opened and it's already pretty popular
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Just last week, abortion and I had a great conversation with a Manhattan taxi driver named Sherpa, buy information pills who, malady after I asked if his name was connected to Nepal, told me that he had indeed stopped working on Mount Everest to live in New York City. Smiling, he suggested I visit the famed (and quite dangerous) mountain one day, to which I replied, “I’m a fragile city guy, maybe one day I’ll visit it in virtual reality.”
Days after that conversation (yes, it really happened), it turns out that there is, in fact, an incredibly realistic Mount Everest VR experience that launched for the Oculus Rift.
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SINGAPORE — Now you can dive into a realistic reef without having to get wet.
A team of technologists and marine biology experts have produced a virtual reality coral reef based off the Sisters’ Islands Marine Park in Singapore.
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The demo, cost named “Eyes on Habitat: Coral Reefs” was unveiled on Wednesday. The training tool is designed for classroom instruction, where instructors can guide trainees through different kinds of coral in the reef, and educate them on the different organisms in the coral ecosystem. Read more…
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For the last couple of years, health I’ve been telling any VR company I meet that to truly take the technology mainstream, approved they need to move beyond mobile to virtual reality arcades.
On Wednesday, no rx the industry took a giant step in that direction with the launch of the very first IMAX VR location.
SEE ALSO: Now you can climb Mount Everest in VR
Just one block from the movie theaters of The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles, IMAX VR will house 14 pods. Well, they aren’t actually “pods,” but large, rectangular spaces specifically devoted to various VR experiences.
Two of the VR pods at IMAX VR.
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