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May 18, 2018 08:17 pm GMT
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Jumping out of a virtual plane is perfect for those who can't or won't skydive IRL
I've never quite got round to throwing myself out of a plane. Somehow, I wake up every day and find something marginally less terrifying to do with my waking hours and here we are. Jumping out of a virtual plane while floating three feet from the ground and being held by someone standing up, however? That I can get behind.
Which is how I ended up at iFly's new VR experience near Universal Studios in LA this week, dressed in a jump suit, strapped into a Samsung Gear, and floating over Hawaii while bemused tourists wandering the retail center outside the theme park gawped and 'grammed.
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