You can now fly with aliens, or fight fire-breathing dragons, from Kalahari Resorts in the Poconos.<\/p>\n
America's largest indoor water park now has the country's first and only virtual reality water slide. It partnered with San Francisco-based Ballast VR to develop the project.<\/p>\n
\"We specifically focus on virtual reality for waterparks and resorts,\" saidStephen Greenwood, who co-founded Ballast Technologies in 2017.<\/p>\n
It took more than a year to develop with the resort.<\/p>\n
Housed in a waterproof casing that fits over your head, sensors sync up the slide and the headset.<\/p>\n
\"Currently we're in 15 countries at about 40 different locations,\" Greenwood said.<\/p>\n
\"There are three experiences to choose from. There's a space experience where you're navigating the galaxies and following an alien craft through meteors. There's a safari with cheetahs and rhinos and giraffes. And there's a dragon experience where you go through a medieval castle and battle a fire-breathing dragon.\"<\/p>\n
Of course, I had to give it a try, myself. I chose the Safari.<\/p>\n
At first, I was skeptical, but it is very realistic, maybe a little too realistic.<\/p>\n
\"The whole thing is a lot of fun. It's an unexpected combination,\"Greenwood said.<\/p>\n
And most likely just the beginning of a new way we'll experience amusement parks.<\/p>\n
\"We come from a Silicon Valley background and when you apply that sort of mindset to the space of entertainment and a resort atmosphere, I think some really magical stuff can happen,\"Greenwood said.<\/p>\n
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