explore Earth’s history in virtual reality!

2023-10-16 17:16:57

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You dreamed of it, they did it: from October 14 and until June 16, 2024, you will be able to go back in time, up to 3.5 billion years ago! To do this, all you need to do is go to the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) and equip yourself with a headset to immerse yourself in the first virtual reality exhibition retracing the evolution of the Planet and living things. A 45-minute journey that will begin in… 2200! Alongside young Charlie and Darwin, his little robot, you will explore the bottom of the oceans and tropical forests, and you will be able to admire “the first traces of life from the Archean, the rise of animal life in the Cambrian (520 million years), the large dinosaurs of the Cretaceous (67 million years) or even the rise of the human lineage », traffic the Museum.

The magnificent trailer for the “Vanishing Worlds” exhibition. © © Excurio, MNHN

When science makes you dream

A unique proposition made possible by virtual reality technology from the company Excurio, which had already designed, among others, the “Khufu Horizon”. If the experiment promises to be spectacular, there is no question of abandoning scientific rigor: paleontologists, paleobotanists, evolution specialists, bioacousticians and other scientists from the institution have mobilized to try to reproduce a world as close as possible to reality as we know it. A cocktail of knowledge and imagination that should inspire dreams while raising awareness regarding the fragility of life.

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