BBC World and SEGA team up to create a theme park style nature attraction
Meet your planet as never before - Orbi - The supercharged nature experience. The first facility of its kind in the world opens on August 19, 2013 at MARK IS minatomirai
The attraction features a main theatre and 12 walk-through entertainment experiences for visitors to explore. The main theatre is equipped with one of the largest screens in Japan (40 m W × 8 m H) and will show bespoke new films from BBC EARTH, produced and edited exclusively for Orbi. The entertainment experiences draw on animal and nature themes using allowing visitors to experience the full variety of life on earth, journeying through deep sea and arctic regions, the jungle and the skies above us, all brought to life using physical sensations, astonishing imagery, high-tech sound installations and scent technology.
See the full story here; http://orbiearth.com/assets/teaser/pdf/orbi_news_release_en.pdf