Amsterdam gets virtual reality movies

amsterdam - In Amsterdam opens March 2 permanent virtual reality movies. Here can watch fifty people with virtual reality glasses in movies recorded in a circle of 360 degrees. Thus it seems as if you're in the middle.

It is the first virtual-reality movie theater in the world, says advertising amp; samhoud media, who took the initiative. In the autumn the company was already a pop-up virtual reality theater that traveled along some cities. After the opening in Amsterdam wants amp; samhoud also open a 'VR Cinema in Berlin, Paris, London and Madrid.

Visitors sit in a swivel chair to enlarge the perception and can see movies about 35 minutes consecutively. They can choose from different packages, like a horror package or a child package.

Especially for the new cinema has developed new movie In Your Face, a spokesman said after a report in Het Parool. The script was written by Ronald Giphart and the main roles are played by Hadewych Minis and Tibor Lukács.