Travel to the heart of evolution or explore the Arctic seabed in Paris, it’s possible! Experience a unique moment in the Museum’s permanent room dedicated to virtual reality.
This is a first for a French museum. Enjoy it! The virtual immersion experience awaits you on the third floor of the Gallery of Evolution. Your ticket allows you to test one of the two options offered. Here is a brief overview of each of them.
Virtual Arctic Expedition offers a 15-minute journey on board a submarine. Here you are in the Arctic, 20 metres below sea level in 1950, and then teleported to the same place 150 years later. Meet whales, belugas, orcas and giant jellyfish. See what is happening in this environment today.
This unique virtual experience is complete, from the waiting area where a guide will welcome you, through to the exit. As soon as you enter, the atmosphere is warm, the room is bathed in amber light, the mosaic ceiling sparkles. The scene is set! Two facilitators introduce you to the use of the helmet and the controllers, then help you to get equipped. They will accompany you until you return to reality. The good news is that the room has five stations, each equipped with an HTC virtual reality device. So five people can experience it simultaneously. And a sixth participant can follow it on a video screen.
With this use of digital technology as an educational tool for scientific knowledge, the Museum offers you a journey of emotion and discovery. Don’t miss it!
Details
Duration: 30 min including 15 min of navigation experience
Prices: From 10 to €13. Buy a Ticket
Location: le Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (French national museum, Paris), Cabinet de Réalité Virtuelle (Cabinet of Virtual Reality)
NOTE: This experience is also available on Steam for an at-home experience.
