Arctic 2100 | The Virtual Expedition - Immersive dive among the heart of climate change
Channel: Océanopolis
Date: 2019-01-23

Arctic 2100 is an original scientific mediation device. Much more than a virtual reality experience, it transports visitors to the Arctic seabed and raises their awareness of the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems.

This scientific mediation mechanism presents as accurately as possible the state of the Arctic marine environment today, as it could be tomorrow and as it will be in 2100.

Developed in collaboration with climate experts and Green Hill Studio, Arctic 2100 is a unique interactive diving experience
In groups of 5, equipped with virtual reality and audio headsets, visitors discover during about fifteen minutes inaccessible Arctic sea bed. At 20 meters below the surface, the divers move in a hyper-realistic synthetic marine environment. They interact quite freely between them but also with the flora and fauna of this extreme environment. Their journey starts in 1950, 20 meters below the surface, on the Arctic seabed…