VR lets you ride in the palm of a huge Gundam fighter (if you're in Japan) - CNET

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Gundam is big in Japan -- so big, it's spawned video games, manga and even an academic institute. Now, the giant Japanese robots are being brought into VR.

One of the geekier tourist attractions of Tokyo is a to-scale, 35 tonne, 18-metre tall Gundam statue. Using HTC's Vive virtual 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.