Some time ago we covered an event run by immersive experience specialists Inition that featured a very simple conceit; walk the plank in virtual reality and reality wearing an Oculus Rift VR Headset. The resulting experience was extremely successful and adding that additional physicality meant your mind was willing to accept (and fear) the virtual reality it was presented with that much more.
Codemodeon, another interactive experience specialist this time based in Turkey, has taken that original concept and added a new twist, you’re an action star plucked from your movie theater seat and flung into the film you’d just been watching (a la 90’s Arnie flick Last Action Hero). What follows is a short on-rails ride culminating in an interactive, perilous walk across a plank many stories above ground to escape your fictional pursuer. The video above again demonstrates how the simple addition of physical keys, roughly matched to your virtual world, is a powerful way to add immersion and in the case of many of the participants sheer terror!
A new version with positional tracking courtesy of the DK2 and an epic array of Petal VR Fans is quite clearly a must.
