Scaling the world’s tallest tower is a virtual reality
Visitors to the Burj Khalifa can experience the virtual thrill of scaling the world’s tallest tower to the highest point and parachuting into Dubai Fountain.
Mission 828, coined after the height to the building’s tip in metres, will offer a virtual reality experience that simulates the “real-feel of scaling all Burj Khalifa’s 160 habitable floors, as well as take a hard-knuckle climb to the top of the spire”, said a spokesman for At The Top, the tower’s observation deck.
There are seven VR pods – six on level 124 and another one on level 125. A mission commander will provide instructions while riding the elevator in VR mode to the 160th level.
Users will feel the gravity-defying ride up and collect suction globes to ascent to the spire. Once up top, the next step is grabbing the parachute for an adrenalin-rush ride into the dancing fountains.
“It has been carefully simulated to take users on a nerve-racking, four-minute journey that will give them a feel of what it is like to ascend and descend the tower in the
Once up top, the next step is an adrenalin-rush parachute ride into the dancing fountains
most adventurous fashion,” the company said.
Room scale tracking technology is used, enabling people to move in 3D space while interacting with the environment with motion-tracked handheld devices. At the Top said the pods were also equipped with a wind effect.