Friday, May 20, 2016

In the depths of Aquarius of Genoa with virtual reality – Wired.it

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the largest Italian aquarium celebrated the milestone of 25 years in business with a new path with high technological content, to offer an immersion total in the marine world

Genova – the Aquarium celebrates his first 25 years , and does so with a new route dedicated immersive interactivity. No longer just a walk among the species most popular animals and curious of the seas, in short, but a real experience at 360 degrees enriched by a good dose of technology. Developed by Filmmaster Events , under the creative direction of Alfredo Accatino, the visit begins with a sumptuous video mapping that welcomes visitors by sequencing the images of dolphins, turtles & amp; co.

The Cave of Moray, an imposing cylindrical tank of more than 6 meters high, and the portal to holographic effect dedicated to sea predatory anticipate the first big news the path hi-tech: one dedicated to virtual reality space to get to know the species of animals that inhabit the depths. The permanent installation, with 8 seats equipped with audio and as many viewers Samsung GearVR, is curated by the experts of technological and cultural innovation of the Genoese company Ett and is reserved for visitors aged 5 and older.

Wearing viewer, you can live in three minutes the experience of a true immersion : meter by meter, the light that filters through the water is getting weaker, and before our eyes start to remove all those curious fish that live only in the depths of the sea.

 The Fish Making

also Designed for small children, rather is the location of the game fish Making , always conceived by Ett, which allows you to create your own fish and release it in a virtual tank. Through a touch screen you can choose the color, body, mouth and fins of the fish, taking off in low poly version away form. Once the design is complete in 3D it turns out that all these features, chosen seemingly at random, actually give the animal a number of key qualities that determine eating habits, make it more or less fast and push him to live offshore, on the seabed or close to the coast.

the polygonal creature can also be realized in preview at home, using the Aquarium of Genoa mobile app. The app itself, during the visit, interacts with the 25 Beacon scattered in the path, allowing you to download to your smartphone videos, fact sheets and audio guides .

 The new app

not only experiences in digital, though: on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary, also increases the direct involvement of the scientific team of Aquarius, that bringing to 48 the number of weekly meetings with visitors promises dive more and more exciting and full of curiosities of the sea and its inhabitants.

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