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They might do an underwater simulation for an event at the Audubon Aquarium, for instance, where users can swim through the Great Barrier Reef. VR Arcade NOLA, as Denny explained, largely caters to conventions, trade shows, and private parties in providing virtual-reality experiences.
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I am by no means a luddite, though I had assured Denny via email prior to my visit that he would have to convince this mighty analogue girl that virtual reality was a world worth exploring-and not just one that would convert users into drooling, overweight serfs bidden to Jeff Bezos. When I first arrived at VR Arcade, I had the distinct impression that there would be no going back-that my first time experiencing virtual reality would be something I recalled to future grandchildren huddled around me as I sat on a digitally composed armchair: Ah, yes, I remember that day, the day I spun around a fluorescent-lit room in bulky glasses, laughing like a maniac at the sudden, immersive novelty of living inside of a Photoshop file. In the world of virtual reality, you can do just about anything-so long as it is composed out of pixels. You can scale your creations up and down, as if you were Alice down the rabbit hole, testing potions at the door of perception. You can teleport from here to there with the click of a button like the Little Prince visiting faraway planets. You can conjure a snowman and paint neon-green, star-shaped eyes on his face, with a fat mouth drawn in pink marker. Once you don the glasses, the interface allows you to paint three-dimensional brushstrokes-in fire, smoke, and disco swaths-in various backgrounds, including outer space. Playing with the Google Tilt Brush was deeply amusing, almost opiate in its novelty.
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Last month, David Denny and Devin Regan, the owners of VR Arcade NOLA, invited me to a warehouse turned shared workspace in the Lower Garden District for my first experience in virtual reality.