The Rift is an AR/VR Adventure Park, based in Malaysia. It’s a large, indoors area offering all kinds of different augmented reality and virtual reality installations, from basic VR gaming installations to things a little more advanced. For instance, an AR rock-climbing game and Zero Latency, a free-roaming VR shooter.
What’s on offer at The Rift may be reminiscent of a VR arcade (like the one I interviewed an owner in), and it even offers a few standard arcade titles. Where it sets itself apart is in its sheer size and number of attractions, many of which utilize different AR and VR technologies. There’s a lot of different technologies being utilized and displayed here, not just VR.
Because of this, simplifying The Rift to a “VR arcade” doesn’t seem appropriate, despite its similarities to one. Instead, I’d say that The Rift sets the standard for what VRcades and ARcades of the future will look like: full-blown indoor parks, powered by cutting-edge tech, where anything is possible.
The Rift is set inside the Mid Valley Megamall, which is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Whether as a tourist attraction or a place for locals to hang out, The Rift is sure to draw a lot of attention once it officially opens in January 2018.
If you’re interested in checking out The Rift as it opens, click here to head to their web page.
Source: VR World