WXR Chat presents Pyaré’s Spaced Out – Underwater Virtual Reality at 2112m in the sky at Chetzeron

At 2112m of altitude, Pyaré presents his ultimate poetic machine, Spaced Out. Winner of the Crans-Montana’s VR residency, and selected in Sundance his work has redefined limits of gravity. From the earth to the moon in Virtual Reality underwater. Seth Porges in Forbes : “Spaced Out uses the floating sensation of a swimming pool to simulate the feeling of floating through space. The visuals are an abstract and trippy kaleidoscope of colors (think: the end of 2001: A Spacey Odyssey), but audio from the Apollo 11 mission gives you a sense of story and place. Experiencing underwater VR (the waterproof headset was made by a company called Ballast) reminded me of the first time I ever strapped on a VR headset and felt like I was experiencing something new and different. It also could be the beginning of something big: I can legitimately see underwater VR—and its accompanying feeling of weightlessness—being used for location-specific VR installations such as those produced by The Void. Or perhaps James Cameron want