Museums around the world are leveraging virtual reality to bring their exhibits to life. Interactive tours and immersive 360-degree videos are becoming increasingly common in galleries and museums worldwide. As the technology becomes more affordable and compact, expect more institutions to embrace immersive tour experiences.
London’s Saatchi Gallery is hosting the world’s first-ever virtual reality theatre. There, you can explore the tomb of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, as Howard Carter discovered it nearly a hundred years ago.
The World’s First Virtual Reality Theater
Carter unearthed 5,000 artifacts from King Tut’s tomb in November of 1922. For the 100th anniversary of the archaeological discovery, 150 of those artifacts are going on a 10-city tour worldwide. The Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh tour arrived in London’s Saatchi Gallery following successful exhibits in Los Angeles and Paris.
Over 60 items in the collection have never been exhibited outside of their home county before. Guests can see these priceless artifacts alongside a short immersive experience, called Tutankhamun: Enter the Tomb, at the world’s first VR theatre. The small theatre features 18 cutting-edge Positron Voyager chairs.
Designed especially for immersive storytelling, the chairs have high-resolution 6DoF headsets for untethered viewing. Positron also added haptic feedback and scent dispensers to take the cinematic experience to new heights. Furthermore, they made a patent-pending system that eliminates motion sickness.
Source: Enter the Tomb: Explore King Tut’s Tomb in Virtual Reality | ARPost