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Virtual Reality Set - News Room' title='Virtual Reality Set - News Room' />Imax brings virtual reality to movie theaters. Now Playing Watch this. Inside Imaxs first virtual reality arcade. IMAX VR Tilt Brush allows you to use an entire room to create three dimensional drawings. Brianne GarrettCNET. I flew over the Eiffel tower, fought off swarms of attacking mummies and made an entire room my canvas, all in the same day. Pl-2303 Usb To Serial Driver Windows 7. Sounds impossibleBottom Line The HTC Vive is a comprehensive PCtethered virtual reality system that supports both motion controls and wholeroom VR. Read Review. Gaming Imax brings virtual reality to movie theaters. We went eyeson with this ambitious new cinema experiment, now open in New York City and Los Angeles. Second Lifes official website. Second Life is a free 3D virtual world where users can create, connect, and chat with others from around the world using voice and text. Not with the new Imax Virtual Reality arcade that offers an immersive, lifelike experience, and its coming soon to a movie theater near you if youre in one of the initial test markets. Imaxs VR arcade combines the features of video games and roller coasters into 1. Thats the appeal of VR, you dont just get the 3. D vision with the headset, you also vividly hear and feel every moment, and once the game starts it really does feel like youve stepped into another world. Ive tested out other virtual reality simulations before, and some of the hardware used here is similar to what deep pocketed consumers can buy such as the HTC Vive. But being able to feel the vibrations of a helicopter, the fast paced motion of sliding down a steep hill, and the shaky sensation of falling on hard ground along with their accompanying sound effects made these simulations feel close to real life. I mustered the courage to test out the Mummy Prodigium Strike VR option, despite popular belief that this demo held in a small cubicle called a pod was the scariest one there. Im usually the one laughing during a scary scene, but as screaming zombies, giant spiders and herds of crows started coming at me at super speed from every angle, I let out more yelps than Id care to admit and found myself clutching my headset just to remind myself that its only a game. I also couldnt help but wonder how strangely funny I looked to the outside world and what my closest friends would be doing in these moments. Id bet theyd most definitely be pulling out their phones ready to capture me in entertaining action. Thats exactly what Imax CEO Richard L. Gelfond says he had in mind with these Imax VR centers, intending to make it a social experience that can be enjoyed by people both inside and outside of the game. Thats the difference, according to him, between the Imax experience and setting up an HTC Vive at home, which can play most of the same games, but costs an substantial amount to set up. In Eagle Flight Multiplayer, you can be a bird flying over Paris while your friends joke about your bizarre head and arm gestures as they wait for their turn. Whats better is that this all takes place in a movie theatre, making this a twofold entertainment experience. The Mummy VR experience and the film, in particular, were intentionally launched simultaneously, so people can watch Tom Cruise intensely battle against armies of mummies and, later, reenact an actual scene from the movie and test out his moves for themselves. The VR arcade is currently only available in Los Angeles and New York locations, but 1. Imax movie theaters.