One of the geekier tourist attractions of Tokyo is a to-scale, 35 tonne, 18-metre tall Gundam statue. Using HTC's Vivevirtual reality technology, Gundam fans can now bring this statue to life. Named the "Gundam VR Daiba Assault", the VR experience allows you to be cradled in that Gundam's mechanical hand as it comes to life to battle against its Zeon enemies.
Using a mixture of a VR simulation of the area outside of Tokyo's Diver City plaza and a motorised seat replicating the hand and thumb of the Gundam mobile suit (the RG 1/1 RX-78-2 Ver. GFT for those "in the know"), the participant can take part in an 8-minute clash, desperately holding on 15 metres or so virtually above the ground.
It's not the only interesting VR to come out of Japan recently. A designer in June made a minigame that lets you step into the shoes of the horrifying girl from The Ring, and in March a Japanese university made a natural-disaster simulator which used virtual reality to prepare people for earthquakes and tsunamis.
Starting as an anime series in 1979, the brand Gundam in 2014 was worth around $800 million. "Gundam" refers to a type of robot suit, with the show being known as a surprisingly complex analogy of war.
While only just a teaser at the moment, this video, demonstrated by Tohru Furuya, the Japanese voice actor for Gundam character Amuro Ray, gives just a peek at what to expect.
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