At one point, standing in a cave on a rickety-looking platform overlooking an underground pool, I press my hand onto a small podium in front of me, and the platform rumbles and rises off the ground.” A fire burns in the middle of one passageway, and I actually feel its warmth on my face.
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As Rachel Metz writes at Technology Review, the experience is a mutant hybrid that combines virtual immersion with physical foam props: “Occasionally, I run my free hand over a wall or a fallen stone, just to get a reality check yep, still there. Early reviews indicate the money’s worth it. You’ll have to travel to Utah, and then shell out a bit of cash - something like $34 - for 20 minutes of blasting guns at giant spiders and spells at dragons. It begs to be described as cutting-edge laser tag grafted to old-school arcade VR. Set to open in late summer, the Vision Of Infinite Dimensions (or, you know, VOID) is the one of only two places on this list that’s an actual locale. If it makes dads cry tears of edutainment joy, that’s as good as an endorsement we need. Who doesn’t want to star in the greatest achievement of the space age? The crowdfunding campaign behind the Apollo 11 Experience emphasizes its educational potential - but the Armstrong view of the moon has sheer sensory appeal, too, not just piping in hot historical data to your optic nerves.
So, what corners of virtual reality are worth exploring? We’re here to help - consider these 25 virtual destinations to kick off your journey. This is the year VR starts to matter and the first year that virtual travel will be the stuff of casual conversation. Consumer analyst estimate that 1.2 million units will be sold in 2016, rocketing to 200 million by 2020. In terms of ongoing VR projects, game developers’ interest has doubled, according to a recent industry survey. With Gear VR’s November debut, the Playstation Morpheus, and Oculus Rift arriving this year, that’s about to change even as virtual reality itself expands. Virtual reality has traditionally been a difficult place to visit.
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