While Florida is renowned for its sunny beaches and warm climate, it’s certainly not short on world-famous attractions, with locations like Walt Disney World and Kennedy Space Center drawing millions of visitors every year.
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families
And now, there’s teamLab Future Park at the Vero Beach Museum of Art! Having touched down in Florida in 2018, teamLabs Future Park is certainly still a great experience for Gen-Alpha families, as an experimental educational project based on the concept of collaborative creation. Sketch Aquarium lets children draw their very own sea creature then see it come to life in the huge virtual aquarium, able to interact and even feed their creations.
Top tip: Check teamLab Future Park website to stay up to date about other locations!
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adventurous types
Located in artsy Wynwood, InBattle VR is a full-body experience using motion capture and VR. Two teams don backpacks and haptic guns and will compete in a 278-square-metre arena. The use of haptic feedback in each gamers’ prop-guns creates an even more immersive experience, as this type of ‘touch technology’ simulates physical sensations, so each in-game action feels real.
While at the Miami Seaquarium on Virginia Key, the Jurassic VR Park is the world's largest dinosaur VR experience! Visitors wear goggles, vests, sensors and backpacks to see and feel the world as it was 65 million years ago. Located in Allapattah near the Santa Clara Metrorail Station, Superblue offers 4,645 square metres of immersive art installations.
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game enthusiasts
San Francisco is famous for its cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge and trendy Mission District, but it also has some incredible VR experiences too! Sandbox is a favourite of VR-obsessed celebrities. Up to six players wearing haptic suits embark on a full-body VR experience created by motion capture cameras and 3D precision body trackers. From Star Treck to the Squid Game inspired experiences, you have many worlds to chose from!
While the Children's Creativity Museum in downtown's Yerba Buena Gardens lets the littlest techies play in colourful AR sandboxes. The interactive museum is across the street from the Central Subway MUNI station and near the Powell Street BART station.