Reinventing Reality: Explore the Science of Virtual Reality

Reinventing Reality features engaging, interactive exhibits that deconstruct how virtual and augmented reality work. Each inquiry-based experience is a mini-experiment in perceptual psychology, computer vision, 3D computer graphics and audio, or engineering. Visitors playfully discover how these major building blocks work and experience first-hand what it takes to create a convincing, simulated reality. 

Highlights include: 

Build a Virtual Reality Headset: Experiment with how different sensors, tracking and displays and lenses combine to make cutting-edge virtual reality. 

Augmented Reality + Computer Vision: Learn how computers 'see' and correctly place virtual objects. 

Full Body VR: Dive into a fully immersive VR experience which integrates all the exhibition's themes into a compelling and visceral experience. 

Applications of VR & AR: Explore career paths and witness the impact these technologies are having on medicine, gaming, sports, training, education and storytelling. 

The exhibition is entirely bilingual, in English and Spanish.