South Korea opens a Kinect-powered theme park

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Many of the attractions at the Live Park 4D World Tour center around having users create an avatar of themselves that they can interact with and take on a virtual adventure

Visitors to the Live Park 4D World Tour wear RFID wristbands that allow the displays to identify them, while Kinect sensors detect their movements, voices, and faces

South Korea's "Live Park 4D World Tour" uses Kinect and RFID wristbands to immerse visitors in a virtual theme park

The Live Park 4D World Tour is comprised of 65 different attractions over a 10,000 sq. foot space, which houses several large interactive displays as well as some installation art pieces

The Live Park 4D World Tour's creators, d'strict,are planning to create more permanent installations in China and Singapore and hope to expand the park overseas

Article Summary

New media entertainment company, d'strict, is pushing the concept of virtual reality to a new level with the "Live Park 4D World Tour," a new theme park that recently opened in South Korea. The park is comprised of 65 different attractions over a 10,000 sq. foot (929 sq m) space, which houses several large interactive displays as well as some installation art pieces. Visitors wear RFID wristbands that allow the displays to identify them, while Kinect sensors detect their movements, voices, and faces. Many of the attractions center around having users create an avatar of themselves that they can interact with and take on a virtual adventure, which is portrayed using 3D video, holograms, and augmented reality technology.

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