My poor kids got stuck with a mom who is anti-screens and anti-tech. Give me books, give me outside experiences, give me the theatre. That’s my jam. So, when earlier this summer, I told my boys I had booked our family a VR (virtual reality) experience, well let’s just say I wish I had my camera ready. Their jaws dropped almost to their feet, and the squeals of joy were deafening.<\/p>\n
As I don’t enjoy gaming at all, I’ll be honest I went in with super low expectations. If I don’t like screens and I don’t like video games, how was virtual reality not going to get added to my list of new-fangled-modern activities that just didn’t appeal to me? Can you tell where this was going? Do I have to say it out loud? Yes, I was wrong. VR is actually ridiculously fun. And a VR experience where you get to move, rather than sit, is even better!<\/p>\n
Zero Latency<\/a> (Main Street and Broadway in Vancouver) offers up Canada’s largest free-roam virtual reality experience. In non-tech speak that means you put on the virtual reality goggles and you move your body through the game. You aren’t sitting, you are walking, you are dodging, you are turning. You are physically interacting with the virtual world projected in front of your eyes.<\/p>\n Virtual reality experiences tend to be aimed at the late-teen, early twenties age group. It isn’t an activity generally geared to families. But Zero Latency<\/a> is changing that! While they certainly have games for people who like zombies, space aliens, and a more violent experience, they also have two virtual reality experiences for families (or those, who like me, don’t like anything scary or violent).<\/p>\n Arkie needs your help to defeat Dr Maybee before he pollutes the entire planet. Together your group works to suck up the green goo, use water bubbles to take out attack-birds, and battle Dr Maybe.<\/p>\nMission Maybee – ages 10+<\/h3>\n