Virtual reality at latest park for pandas
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IMAGINE standing amid hundreds of giant pandas — a cuteness overload panda lovers can only dream of. But such a fantasy may soon come true.
With a new panda park expected to open next year, fans will no longer have to travel to southwest China to cuddle a panda; all they will need is a virtual reality (VR) headset.
With the headset on, they can observe the daily lives of pandas — watching them queuing to climb a tree, behaving like spoiled children asking for food, and even play games with them in the virtual world.
The “Hi, Panda” VR theme park will open to the public in 2018 and plans to offer real-time interactive experiences with the cute animals.
The park is part of a strategic partnership between the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province and Baofeng New Culture Co.
The center was home to 175 giant pandas as of 2016, welcoming four million visitors a year, 80 percent from outside the province.
“We aim to develop a VR/AR experience center that combines VR videos, live streaming, games, online courses and other spin-offs to make giant pandas a super IP (intellectual property) in the world,” said Zhang Zhihe, head of the center.
Panda fans can either visit the breeding center, where the park is, or go online to interact with pandas.
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