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- A virtual reality expedition -
At the Geology and Mineralogy Gallery (5th)
At the Geology and Mineralogy Gallery (5th)
- WE love a stunning, aesthetically pleasing virtual reality experience. An incredible immersion in the world before!
- Age From age 8 (from age 11 strongly recommended)
- duration Allow 1h (45 min tour)
- When until June 16, 2024
- Where : Geology and Mineralogy Gallery of the French National Museum of Natural History (Paris 5e)
- Opening :
- Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Vacations: daily (except Tuesdays), from 10am to 6pm
- Closed Tuesday, May 1
- Free of charge for children under 4 years old
If you go through the Garden of PlantsJust follow the signs to the Geology Gallery.
A fascinating and highly educational expedition
- "Missing Worlds is an educational discovery for the whole family, accessible to all
- Thanks to this technology and cool narration and full of humor, the message of this experience is sure to touch the youngest
- Virtual reality allows us to cross the most ancient eras and approach the world in all its diversity
- By evoking the earth's upheavals, we address the fragility of the human beingof the plant and animal world
Once upon a time, 3.5 million years ago ...
- In the geology gallery of the Jardin des Plantes, you'll find this new 2000 m immersive experience2
- We're off to discover the world as it was 3.5 million years ago to the present day thanks to virtual reality (VR)
- Equipped with our helmets, we follow Charlie the researcher and Darwin her robot, two avatars very knowledgeable on the subject and from the year 2223.
- It's a funny feeling whenwe cross these paleo-landscapes as the specialists call them
- Walking in the desert, you perch on the canopy of a tropical forest, straddling soil from 314 million years ago teeming with strange bugs...
- We cross paths with grazing dinosaurs, marine reptiles and giant centipedes.
- Thanks to this technologythe Museum's scientists were able to recreate in image and sound with a lot of humor the results of their discoveries
- The expedition ends in 2023 among the giraffes, in our present-day world.
- But our fellow travelers from 2223 are surprised to see them, for where they come from, there are none left...
- And to think that the Jardin des Plantes was under the sea 120 million years ago!
