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    Wild at Home: we tested the very first "virtual safari" at home

    The savannah or the abyss as if you were there, this is the promise of this online wildlife reserve. A playful approach to biodiversity, ideal for caring for confined toddlers.

    Arid leaves that a heavy step tramples on. A light breeze. And suddenly, a huge ebony truffle that sticks to the screen before sending waltzing, with an angry clap, the foot of the camera. Without further ado, you have just met the lion, star of the savannah necessarily honored in the first “virtual safari” at home, Wild at Home.

    Launched this Friday, this online platform, sponsored by the great primatologist Jane Goodall, wants to raise awareness of biodiversity for young and old through immersive videos of animals in their natural habitat and educational presentation sheets. At the origin of this project, Wild Immersion, a French production company already known for screening, in our dark rooms, short films in virtual reality around animals and nature as early as 2018.

    Three universes, three experiences

    An example of an educational sheet. This is the chimpanzee. Wild At Home / Press Photo

    The offer is available in three universes: virtual safari, under the ocean and great apes. The main interest of the experience lies in the 4K images of the animals that propel us in the middle of a herd of elephants drinking or in the canopy with the chimpanzees. In this 360° panorama, the viewer can go right, left, approach to almost touch the rough skin of a rhino or an elephant. Especially playful for children (and animal lovers) is the fact that the animals, intrigued, interact with the camera. At the end of the sequence, a generic trombinoscope makes it possible to know the names of all the “stars” of the film and to get acquainted with some lesser-known species, adorable mongooses or wild dogs… Before going to pick up more information about them in the educational sheets on each species.

    Also very successful are the short videos “Wild Facts” which, through easy-to-remember anecdotes, tell more about the place of each animal in its ecosystem. Where we learn, for example, that the rhino is an umbrella species, which allows hundreds of others to subsist.

    IN BRIEF

    We like : the beauty of the images, the rich and quality educational content, the playful aspect that will appeal to children.

    We like more : Wild Immersion donates 15% of the purchase price of a pack to Wild Angels, its endowment fund for the creation and maintenance of nature reserves around the world.

    We like less : the somewhat “old-fashioned” interface of the site.

    It’s Wild at Home. Virtual safari box, under the ocean or great apes, € 5 for 48 hours or € 10 for a month each. Works on smartphone, tablet or computer. Possible to use a virtual reality headset for an even more immersive experience.

    CONTACTS

    Address

    1A Sportyvna sq, Kyiv, Ukraine 01023

    1608 Queen St, Wilmington, NC, 28401

    Email

    info@servreality.com

    Skype

    info@servreality.com

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