At Game Pill we are excited by the possibilities when creating content for new mediums and the newest medium that has caught our attention as of late is the virtual reality theme park.  Here are a few of the more notable projects that you should know about:

THE VOID

In a remote part of Utah, a small team of engineers, designers, and enthusiasts are creating fun and innovative experiences that rival anything you’d see at Disney World or Universal Studios. The Void is a new age playground that seamlessly blends virtual reality experiences with physical environments, using effects like wind and water to make those virtual worlds feel even more convincing — anything from jungles to caves to fantastic environments you couldn’t dream of. 

 VR COASTER

Cedar Fair is testing a VR headset on the Thunder Run coaster before and after park hours at Canada’s Wonderland outside Toronto.

Depending on the results of the tests, the virtual reality headsets could be deployed on nearly any coaster at the amusement park chain’s 11 locations, including Knott’s Berry Farm, Cedar Point and Kings Island in Ohio and Kings Dominion in Virginia, Cedar Fair officials said.

Cedar Fair is partnering on the tests with Mack Rides, which has been working with virtual reality design and engineering firm VR Coasters.

Canada’s Wonderland employees wearing VR headsets that completely cover their eyes have been testing the devices and assessing the experience on the Thunder Run coaster.

VIRTUAL WORLDS FAIR

Landmark Entertainment Group is now utilising it’s 35 years of experience in building destination entertainment centres (theme parks) to build a new kind of virtual destination – a theme park you can visit without ever leaving your home. The ‘Virtual World’s Fair’ is to be an experience “loaded with real-time social interaction, entertainment, education, and shopping, just like a traditional world’s fair”, the difference is, no queues, no driving and no hassle. That’s the theory at least.

Virtual World’s Fair is the overarching project, but it includes the Pavilion of Me, a “daily-use in-home entertainment portal that re-imagines everyday activities” – which aims to implement TV watching, video chat and playing video games, among others, into one VR destination you can enjoy via your VR headset. The POM will be launched next year and will act as a gateway to the virtual reality theme park.

We are excited by the possibilities but wonder what you think?  Would you rather drive to a theme park or experience it from the comfort of your home?