![]() We will always keep it at 25% of the building’s capacity.” ![]() Even before the pandemic, we’ve had limited capacity. We have an amazing immersive experience that’s also built for social distancing. “I’ve never seen anything like this” in terms of early ticket sales, said John Zaller, president of Immersive Hub in Atlanta, who has overseen other visiting immersive experiences in the past in Atlanta including one about the Titanic in 2006 at the Atlanta Civic Center and Dialog in the Dark at Atlantic Station in 2012. It features 40-foot projections of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings and a separate virtual reality tour of Auvers-sur-Oise, France. It doesn’t even open until May 19 and will be there through the end of 2021. Advance sales for “Van Gogh The Immersive Experience” at The Pratt Pullman Yard in Kirkwood have been astounding, with 150,000 tickets already sold since February. There is a clear demand for this type of experience. And it looks like something that can be easily updated and upgraded.” How well they do will also come down to how clever the programming is. He said entrepreneurs in theme parks, planetariums and museums have been offering immersive experiences for decades.Ĭurrent technology, he noted, “brings us ever closer to that ‘Star Trek’ holodeck experience. “It’s like IMAX 2.0,” said Doug Lansky, a Stockholm, Sweden-based tourist and destination consultant who has visited more than 120 countries. In many ways, this is a step up from the IMAX movie experience, available in 1,500-plus theaters in more than 80 countries. Greenberg hopes to have as many as 50 worldwide within five years. The first Illuminarium is located in Poncey-Highland right off the Beltline, with similar spaces set to open later in Las Vegas and Miami. There will also be a restaurant open to the public with plenty of outdoor seating. ![]() The backdrops could become a faux Paris, London or Tokyo or something purely fantastical, fitting up to 1,000 people. None of this will require virtual reality headgear.Īt night, both spaces could be used for lounge space, corporate parties, cocktail outings or wedding receptions. And there will be safari-like smells piped in to enhance the experience. ![]() If you approach a tree on the wall, you might cause a flock of birds to fly away. As you walk around, you may leave behind footprints or ripples in puddles. During the safari show, for instance, you’ll be able to feel the elephants rumble by you and thunder during a storm. By day, the Illuminarium will be a traditional tourist attraction, where school children and out-of-towners will watch an intro in a smaller space followed by a 45-minute “spectacle” show in the big space. ![]()
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