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Art collective Babycastles launches VR enhanced exhibit

Pay what you want exhibition brings lurid dreamscape to New York

Art collective Babycastles launches VR enhanced exhibit
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Arts collective Babycastles opened a new exhibition last night: Babycastles Living. Why should you care? Well, it's a virtual reality exhibition integrated with real furniture objects.

The games on show aren't all VR: Terry Cavanagh's American Dream and The Stork Burnt Down's Höme Improvisåtion focus on the home theme, while the VR games on offer don't offer top-notch VR experiences, but they are entirely unique.

Both of the VR games are custom-built for the exhibit and take advantage of the space they're in.

Put on your Oculus Rift and you can drive the chair you're sitting in around a racetrack littered with furniture. Take off the headset and the space is filled with the same furniture, Babycastles has transformed the space into a surreal dreamscape.

The launch party last night saw the space full of people drinking and enjoying the games while a DJ played. While that won't be the case every night of the events run, it's still worth going along to check it out.

The exhibit runs from October 8th - October 30th at Babycastles. Here's a link to their site with more information.


Jake Tucker
Jake Tucker
Jake's love of games was kindled by his PlayStation. Games like Metal Gear Solid and Streets of Rage ignited a passion that has lasted nearly 20 years. When he's not writing about games, he's fruitlessly trying to explain Dota 2 to anyone that will listen.