![]() Sandbox VR virtual reality experience Photo: Sandbox VRĭubbed the award winner of 2020 Travellers’ Choice, Sandbox VR is a popular virtual reality gaming experience conveniently located at level five of Orchard Central.ĭifferent advanced technologies are combined to create a fully immersive experience for everyone. If art studios and workshops are not your kind of jam and you’d prefer a fun group activity with your squad, check out Sandbox VR for a unique full-body virtual reality gaming experience. They give you a gun, so you get to shoot at stuff.We’ve all been through the phase where we felt like Singapore has nowhere fun to go to. I like the fact that the zombies came out from different places, you have to be on your feet the whole time, like looking out. "So it's like you're really in that place. "It's cool because you get a 360 view," Osorio added. You get equipped with a haptic responsive vest so when something's touching you or attacking you, you're feeling it. Grondahl agreed: "It was very immersive - the music, the sounds, the visuals, everything was just spot on. Very realistic and it made my heart pound."Īs a concept artist, Iturriaga appreciated the game’s design: "The environment is so well done that you feel like you're in it." Gavin Bowles was trying virtual reality gaming for the first time: "It was intense. Yes, we died a lot but a touch on the shoulder could revive a player and there was a lot of yelling to "touch my shoulder." "And that part was so much better than just an alone experience with VR, just being aware of your surroundings and your teammates and being able to heal each other. "This was my first fully immersive VR experience where I got to play with other players and see other players," Grondahl said. Vivianna Grondahl is an experienced gamer but usually just plays at home on a computer with a keyboard and mouse. "It's crazy how you actually get into the horror feel and you actually get, like, freaked out about things that are coming at you," Iturriaga said. Her husband, Jose Iturriaga, was also on Team Romero. "I was the exterminator of the group because rats freak me out and they were coming toward me and I was just like no!" she added. "We got to shoot zombies and rats, lots of rats. July 1, 2021.īlanca Osorio was one of our group's screamers. Roland Lizarondo Blanca Osorio putting on the oculus goggles at Sandbox VR. It initially feels like a lot of gear to put on but you quickly get used to it. So if your friend is shooting you or if a villain’s shooting, or a zombie is like hitting and you in your face. And then we also have the haptic vests, the haptic vest is what's going to allow you to feel that in-game damage. "We do have the backpacks over there and the backpacks is what powers the experience. Each one of these rooms look exactly like this one maybe a slightly different configuration," Ewing said. Romero's "Day of the Dead." Then you enter the gaming room.Įwing described the green screen room we were entering where the game play would take place. I took the name Bub, in honor of the first self-aware zombie in George A. You will be asked to pick team and player names so be prepared. ![]() Two for your wrists and two for your ankles. ![]() July 1, 2021.Īfter checking in you get funny looking "trackers" that allow the game to see your movements. ![]() Each gaming group can be up to six players and the experience lasts about an hour.īeth Accomando Team Romero gets fitted with "trackers" for the Deadwood Mansion virtual reality game at Sandbox VR. Rates are $40 a player Monday through Thursday and go up a couple dollars a player Friday through Sunday. The first thing you do is check in at the lobby kiosk where you can watch trailers of the various games if you arrive undecided about which experience you want. We dubbed ourselves Team Romero (in honor of the father of the modern zombie film) and geared up to battle zombies with the help of the Sandbox team. Our group considered the alien bugs of Amber Sky but opted for the zombies of Deadwood Mansion. I have played a couple Xbox games and did the Star Wars VR experience by Disneyland but I have been known to shoot my own teammates. Personally, I cannot describe myself as a gamer. If you are going to fight zombies, you definitely want to bring a bunch of friends along. I decided to bring a group of friends down to check out the VR experience. ![]() Ewing said his personal preference was for Deadwood Mansion but that "I am warming up to Amber Sky, there's something about bugs swarming me and having to shoot them, that really gets my blood pumping." ![]()
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