Go diving in the virtual world
Virtual reality simulators allow you to explore the oceans without getting one single drop of water on your body.
Are you scared of water? If so, the Amphibian virtual reality simulator can provide you with a very lifelike experience of how it feels to swim in the abyss by fooling several of your senses.
The simulator, that was invented by a computer scientist from the MIT Media LAB in the US, involves several senses, as it takes the user into the deep. Arms and legs are suspended in elastic harnesses connected to motion sensors. The elastic harnesses create an illusion of water resistance and weightlessness in the user. A snorkel device registers breathing and passes the data on to the cushion on which the body rests. As you breathe, the cushion rises, and as you exhale, the cushion falls - the user is rising and falling in the same way as if he were on a real diving expedition.
The experience of being in the water is completed by the VR goggles that introduce a lifelike 3D ocean "landscape".