Virtual Reality Space Ride und Zuschauer denkt er fliegt (Virtual Reality System)

TOKYO: A virtual reality “space ride” in which viewers feel as if they are flying through the air inside a giant glass ball has been developed in Japan.

Unlike conventional VR systems, the “8K:VR Ride” — which resembles a cross between a theme park ride and a miniature IMAX theater — does not require users to wear any headgear.

Instead they are placed on two swivelling, elevated chairs just in front of a semi-spherical screen which entirely engulfs their field of vision.

“Unlike the conventional flat screen, you can see images coming closer to you physically in this dome screen,” said Makoto Nakahira, an engineer at Wonder Vision Techno Laboratory.