Body movements trigger the action. Seven different games are offered at various times in the two virtual reality pits. The video games include four kinds of ball games, ranging from GravBall, played in a weightless environment, to standard volleyball. They also include Shark Bait, grand prix racing and, for a real cool treat, snow-boarding. The exhibition was purchased by the museum from Vivid Group, a Canadian firm.
Admission is included in the price of admission to the museum.
The games are next door to the virtual reality ride the museum introduced last year, the MOSH Explorer. It is a flight simulator that takes riders on everything from a roller coaster to a trip through time. Steve Sirois, a retired pilot who operates the MOSH Explorer, said the most popular of seven rides on his machine is the Desert Storm Strike, an F-18 sortie into Iraq launched from an aircraft carrier. He said more than 20,000 people have ridden in the explorer since it opened last October. The roughest ride is the Volcano Mine Ride, a virtual roller coaster.