WXR Chat presents Pyarés Spaced Out Underwater Virtual Reality at 2112m in the sky at Chetzeron
At 2112m of altitude, Pyaré presents his ultimate poetic machine, Spaced Out. Winner of the CransMontana s VR residency, and selected in Sundance his work has redefined limits of gravity. From the earth to the moon in Virtual Reality underwater. Seth Porges in Forbes : Spaced Out uses the floating sensation of a swimming pool to simulate the feeling of floating through space. The visuals are an abstract and trippy kaleidoscope of colors (think: the end of 2001: A Spacey Odyssey), but audio from the Apollo 11 mission gives you a sense of story and place. Experiencing underwater VR (the waterproof headset was made by a company called Ballast) reminded me of the first time I ever strapped on a VR headset and felt like I was experiencing something new and different. It also could be the beginning of something big: I can legitimately see underwater VRand its accompanying feeling of weightlessnessbeing used for locationspecific VR installations such as those produced by The Void. Or perhaps James Cameron want
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