Virtual reality experiences you have to try

Virtual reality is all the rage right now, and more and more VR attractions are cropping up all over the globe. Here are five top recommendations…

Magical Lantern Festival
The Magical Lantern Festival has been touring across Britain, and is well worth keeping an eye out for if it ever reaches your area. It offers a wide range of sights and sounds, but the most relevant to our present topic is its set of virtual reality games. These cover a number of themes and genres, so any visitor to the festival should find something to suit their tastes. And to top it off, once you have finished your explorations for the day, you will be able to sit back in the bar and relax.

Madame Tussaud’s Ghostbusters
People tend to visit Madame Tussaud’s in New York to sample virtual reality of a rather older type: wax figures of celebrities and historical figures. However, the attraction has expanded to include cutting edge virtual reality with a game themed around Ghostbusters. Don the headset and backpack, and you will soon become a Ghostbuster exploring a run-down New York building in a hunt for spooks and ghouls. This attraction has the added benefit of being one of the more affordable virtual reality experiences on the market right now.

Flydays Flight Simulator Experience
For the most immersive flight simulator London has to offer, look no further than iPILOT. Here, you will be guided by a professional pilot as you strap yourself into the kind of high-end simulator that was, in the past, reserved for trainee airline professionals. The simulator allows you to fly your virtual aeroplane to any destination in the world – the sky really is the limit with this one. iPILOT offers a range of vouchers and gift certificates for anybody who is looking for a good value option when they head into virtual reality.

Los Angeles Philharmonic VR experience
Are you a music lover who has always wanted to visit a classical concert, but for one reason or another, simply cannot make it? Well, perhaps you should think about giving the Los Angeles Philharmonic VR experience a try. Thanks to the wonders of virtual reality, you will be able to take a seat next to the composer Gustavo Dudamel and admire the entire orchestra in a 360 degree view. The experience comes complete with a light show, just to make the most of the possibilities that virtual reality has to offer.

David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Dive
If you can make it to the London Natural History Museum, then you cannot afford to miss David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Dive. Endorsed by the famed wildlife documentary star, the experience allows you to take a dip in the ocean and see all manner of weird and wonderful aquatic life. Since admission to the museum itself is free, and a ticket for the virtual reality attraction is a mere £6.50, this really is an inexpensive delight.

Now you’re fully prepped for VR, why not get yourself some other fancy gadgets to go along with it, places like Gear Hungry are great to find new gadgets and peripherals for your VR headset!