![]() ![]() Now companies like Bandai Namco are opening VR arcades in Tokyo, Utah-based VR company The Void is jumping in on walk-through VR experiences and in China the gates are about to open on the $1.5-billion Oriental Science Fiction Valley park - a theme park devoted entirely to VR (and giant robots. ![]() researcher and self-styled "amusement academic." Why else would we see grown adults willing to strap themselves into VR paragliding rigs or weird VR bird-flight simulators to bring a physical element to their digital simulations? Visions of the futureĪttractions like theme parks and arcades have long used technology to lure customers - Disneyland was sending park visitors through space on its Star Tours motion simulator ride as early as 1987.Ĭompanies like Zero Latency are embracing VR "because it enables them to offer their customers another way to escape from the everyday, which is ultimately what amusement vendors provide us," said Malcolm Burt, virtual reality Ph.D. Physical movement supercharges the experience. Lets you walk around, but the space is limited. This goes far beyond gawking at an overheated phone in a cardboard headset, or even the thrill of more high-tech (but still largely static) experiences like ![]() "When you couple that with walking around, it's really, really immersive." "Most people have experienced virtual reality in a static format like sitting in their chair," he told me on the phone in Australia. Our review: A+++ would pwn again.Īccording to Zero Latency co-founder and CEO Tim Ruse, the free-roaming aspect of the game is what really sets it apart. One of our crew pulls a straight-up Leeroy Jenkins and trips over completely flat ground in the process. Tentative steps turn into bold breaks for freedom. After initial trepidation (I rate myself as a Grade-A n00b when it comes to zombie horror) we're on board. The game feels slick and completely immersive. The game opened in Brisbane on Australia's east coast on Halloween in 2017, but is still in prelaunch stage in Vegas. We're playing through Zero Latency's brand-new, fast zombie game Outbreak Origins. ![]()
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