TELUS Spark Science Centre Joins Birdly Family
D3D Cinema is delighted to welcome the TELUS Spark Science Centre in Calgary, Alberta to the growing Birdly family. “We are proud that Birdly will play an important role in the science centre’s recovery and can’t wait for Calgarians and Albertans of all ages to experience the magic of Birdly,” says Mark Katz, SVP Film Distribution & VR Experiences, D3D Cinema.
“TELUS Spark Science Centre is thrilled to have added the Birdly experience to our space and look forward to welcoming riders of all ages in the days and weeks ahead. Birdly is the perfect combination of flight simulation and VR, creating the sensation of flying like no other experience,” says Roderick Tate, Chief Experience Officer at TELUS Spark.
“After being grounded for so long due to the ongoing pandemic, Birdly empowers our community to once again spread their wings and fly high,” says Mary Anne Moser, President and CEO of TELUS Spark Science Centre. “This is a surreal virtual experience like no other and is a perfect launch pad for Spark’s guests, as they safely explore and enjoy everything else that the Calgary Science Centre has to offer.”
D3D is proud to be the North American distributor of Birdly for the museum, zoo, aquarium and institutional market.
About Birdly
Science centers have long offered airplane and rocket flight simulators, but Birdly delivers a full-body flying experience for natural history and technology enthusiasts alike. Unlike the side-effects of conventional VR, Birdly eliminates the nauseating sensory disconnect by taking the rider’s body on the journey in perfect visual, acoustic and equilibrium synchronicity. Built on the bio-mechanics of flight, this mission-aligned simulator is a location-based attraction that offers a novel, Instagram-friendly, experiential approach to conservation storytelling. With avatars like birds, pterosaurs, insects and manta rays, Birdly blends haptic engineering, robotics, game design, and virtual reality to take audiences on an exhilarating free-exploration of the natural world.