Rachel Metz is testing out a virtual reality experience called "The Temple Experience" created by The Void, the world's first virtual reality theme park located in Pleasant Grove, Utah. The Void uses VR headsets, gloves, and vests to transport visitors into immersive virtual worlds where they can have thrilling adventures like exploring an ancient Aztec temple, battling aliens in outer space, or fighting dragons with swords. The Void is scheduled to open in the summer of 2016 and will charge $29-39 for a 30 minute VR experience, making it affordable for many people. The company plans to expand to major cities around the world in the next five years.

1. achel Metz stands at the
entrance of an ancient
Aztec temple, buried in a
dense jungle. She enters cautiously,
touching one of the decayed walls
as she moves forward. It’s dark, but
luckily, a torch burns in the passage
she is entering. She picks it up and
moves forward into the treasure
room. She is so amazed by this
temple that she barely feels the
weighty gear she wears and forgets
she is really in a warehouse in Utah.
Rachel is a tech reporter trying a
beta version of “The Temple
Experience” at The Void, the
world’s first virtual reality (VR)
theme park. The Void is in Pleasant
Grove, Utah and is scheduled to
open in the summer of 2016.
Tech entrepreneur Ken
Bretscheider and his team of
engineers, designers and supporters
have created a groundbreaking
entertainment experience. The
playground is a series of stages that
contain simple gray sets made of
foam, wood, and rubber. Software
and hardware work together to
create a virtual environment.
“Think of it as a futuristic movie
theater,” said Ken, the firm’s
founder and chief executive.
“When you go to a movie, you go
into a screening room; in our case,
you go into a virtual stage and you
live the movie,” Bretschneider told
a reporter.
Visitors of most ages can
interact with seamlessly rendered
fantasy realms that are thrilling
and realistic. Laser guns battles
with aliens, sword fights with
dragons, and gunplay with cave
monsters are a few of the
incredible adventures on The
Void’s virtual menu.
The cost for 30 minutes of
adventure will be between $29 and
$39 dollars. This makes the park
affordable for a wide range of
people. Don’t worry if you can’t get
to Utah. The Void plans to open VR
theme parks in major cities around
the world in the next five years.
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