Mass. town home to largest virtual reality arena in country

Updated: 6:54 PM EDT Jul 14, 2017

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WEBVTT OUR ERIKA TARANTAL FOUND OUTIN A SPECIAL PREVIEW TO GROUPADVENTURE.ERIKA: MY TREK IS READY TO TAKEYOU ON A JOURNEY.>> WELCOME.I'M YOUR GAME MASTER.ERIKA: FIRST, THE PARAMETERS ANDTHEN THE PROPER EQUIPMENT.TRULY HIGH TECH GERA.I TOTALLY FEEL LIKE A GHOSTBUSTER -- HIGH TECH GEAR.MAYBE YOU HAVE ONEVIRTUAL-REALITY GOGGLES BUT NOTLIKE THIS.WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR I S ABOUTTO CHANGE.PLAYERS ARE IMMERSED IN WHATEVERWORLD HAS TAKEN OVER THISWAREHOUSE.THIS IS CRAZY.THIS IS A FREE ROAMVIRTUAL-REALITY ARENA.>> IF YOU ARE NOT TIED TO ACOMPUTER, YOUR BODY IS THECONTROLLER AND YOUR BRAIN ISGOING TO FEEL LIKE IT IS REAL.ERIKA: THIS GAME IS CALLED SABESURVIVAL.AN AUSTRALIAN-BASED COMPANYALLOWS PLAYERS TO INTERACT ANDWORK AS A TEAM.AHHH!NOT FUNNY.WHERE ARE MY BUDDIES?GOOD, YOU'RE HERE.IT WAS REALLY COOL HOW QUICKLY IBECAME A TEAM FOR THE PEOPLE IWAS PLAYING WITH.THE GAMES CAN BE MODIFIED INREAL-TIME BY ON-SITE ENGINEERS.PLAYERS REGISTER FOR 45 MINUTESSESSIONS.LIKE A MOVIE THEATER, GAMES WILLCHANGE.>> AGE-WISE, IT IS A 13 PLUSACTIVITY.THERE IS PHYSICAL.ERIKA: I'M DEAD.I'M GOING TO RELAX.SET TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC INAUGUST, FIRST-TIME PLAYERS WEREALREADY HOOKED.>> TOTALLY EXCEEDED ANY SORT OFEXPECTATION.ERIKA: THANKS FOR HAVING MYBACK.THIS WAS REALLY INTENSE BUT FUN.

Mass. town home to largest virtual reality arena in country

Updated: 6:54 PM EDT Jul 14, 2017

MindTrek allows you to enter new imagined worlds and you don't need travel alone.

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Mass. town home to largest virtual reality arena in country - WCVB Boston