Virtual Reality Activities in Melbourne
Virtual Reality (VR) locations are starting to increase across Melbourne. Virtual Reality Cinemas provide immersive experiences using VR headsets with 360 degree movement while Interactive VR provides whole body moment for a totally immersive experience.
4D Dynamic Cinema (Central Melbourne)
Based on 3D films, 4D films bring audiences into every moment of shows by adding special effects such as shaking, wind-blowing, smoke, lightning, snow, bubbles and water-spraying, which are synchronized with the contents of films to create a more realistic atmosphere for audiences. Films include Roller Coaster, Dinosaur, Adventures and Scary Movies.
Address: 126 Russell Street, Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9650 0662
Cost: Adults: $15, Child 12yrs and Under: $10
Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq (Docklands)
The Thrillrider is an encompassing gaming experience. You sit back and relax in the comfort of a cinema while hanging off the edge of your seat with the excitement of a virtual reality thrill ride. Shoot away as zombies look like they're literally coming for you, hold on tight as your train carriage derails itself and look out for things lurking from above. Buckle in and play like you've never played before!
Ready to try something you've never tried before? Visit a far off place you've always wanted to go? Finally take on an action-packed rollercoaster you've been scared to ride? A virtual reality ride will transport you to another time, simply by slipping on some goggles! Get your heart racing with our on-the-spot extreme sports and rides.
The location also has bowling and arcade games.
Address: 440 Docklands Drive, Docklands
Phone: 1300 888 386
Cost: Thrillrider is $8 per ride. Virtual reality is $7 per ride.
Black Site VR (Springvale)
Black Site VR is a Virtual Reality Lounge for those new to VR or hard core enthusiasts who wish to come play the various games available or enjoy general VR content such as short films and other VR experiences. Access to one or more VR headsets is provided and a Playing Bay to play out your game by moving within that space, in a safe environment. Each Playing Bay can be booked for 50 minutes at a time and there are over 100 titles to choose from.
Address: 281 Springvale Road, Springvale
Phone: (03) 9028 8667
Cost: $35 per 50 minute session and there are no limits to the numbers of players but there is only one VR Headset per bay. Book simultaneous bays for Multiplayer games.
The VR Arena (Clifton Hill)
The VR Arena is a 12 player first person shooter in which you'll teleport into a futuristic digital games colosseum, shooting, advancing, blasting, and battling your way to victory through four different game modes across three epic battle grounds.
Address: 30 Alexandra Parade, Clifton Hill
Phone: (03) 9018 7087
Cost: Call VR Arena
Viri Virtual Reality Experience
Offers an immersive single player VR experience including The Plank, Archery, Racing, Horror and Flight Simulation or multi-player games.
Address: 555 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9080 5745
Cost: $35 per person (single player), $50 per person (multi-player experience)
Zero Latency Multiplayer Virtual Reality (North Melbourne)
With state-of-the-art wireless technology and motion tracking, Zero Latency takes you into the next level of social gaming. Warehouse Scale, Free-Roam, Multiplayer Virtual Reality...
Custom-made simulated weapon and game controllers are designed for maximum immersion. The perfectly-weighted weapons have been built to reflect the real thing. Games available include Engineerium (Get ready to have your world turned upside down. Escape into a fantastical ancient alien world, suspended above an ocean, where gravity does not function as expected), Singularity (A secret military space station has gone dark and it falls on you and your team to investigate why), Zombie Outbreak (Flesh hungry zombies are lurking around every corner. Your only hope of survival is to work together with your team and locate a transport ship for extraction), Zombie Survival (Caught in the middle of a zombie outbreak, have you got what it takes to outlast the zombie onslaught), Outbreak Origins (A deadly virus is wreaking havoc, the infected zombie hordes taking over the cities. Prepare your squad for epic battles on your mission to find a cure) and SOL Raiders (The aliens left behind Sol, a power source unlike any other. If you get the SOL, you've got it made. Assemble your squad. Blistering, team based combat awaits!)
Address: 22-32 Steel Street, North Melbourne
Cost: $88 per person (45 minutes)
Zero Latency Multiplayer Virtual Reality (Dandenong South)
With state-of-the-art wireless technology and motion tracking, Zero Latency takes you into the next level of social gaming. Warehouse Scale, Free-Roam, Multiplayer Virtual Reality...
Games include Singularity (A secret military space station has gone dark and it falls on you and your team to investigate why), Zombie Survival (Caught in the middle of a zombie outbreak, have you got what it takes to outlast the zombie onslaught) and SOL Raiders (The aliens left behind Sol, a power source unlike any other. If you get the SOL, you've got it made. Assemble your squad. Blistering, team based combat awaits!)
Address: Le Mans Entertainment, 55 Waterview Close, Dandenong South
Phone: (03) 8787 8741
Cost: $66 per person for 30 minutes (can be 1 x 30 minute game or 2 x 15 minute games)
Hoyts Cinemas XVR Experience
Be fully immersed in a virtual reality experience in the foyer of selected Hoyts cinemas.
Address: Hoyts Highpoint, Hoyts Chadstone, Hoyts Melbourne Central
Cost: $5 per game
