June 14, 2018 TnH Global 1

Jumpin Heights introduces virtual reality in Adventure sports industry

Jumpin heights, India’s highest fixed platform for bungee jump has come up with a unique experience for its viewers all over the world. Jumpin Heights introduced the world’s latest technology, virtual reality in adventure sports space for the first time in India in collaboration with NatuVR Studios, a Delhi-based Film Production House, specializing in Virtual Reality Filmmaking. It has built high end Virtual Reality content – creating a thrilling experience for both office and home.

The Videos put the viewers in the shoes of the jumper as they experience full 360 views of the jump and the overall experience provided at Jumpin Heights. This is the first time that Virtual Reality has been implemented at a professional level in India in the field of adventure sports. The 360 degree experiences are embedded with texts, edits and music giving making it a unique, exhilarating and very informational immersive experience for the people.

Commenting on the implementation of VR facility in the field of adventurous sports, Niharika Nigam, Director Business Development at Jumpin Heights said, “When we tested the videos on the oculus, the viewers would actually shriek and be out of breath, with shaky knees, and sweaty palms, as if they’d just done the Bungy jumps themselves – and we knew we just had to get this experience across to every portable mobile phone and laptop as well. This VR facility, will allow the viewers to experience the thrill of our sports in as immersive a way, as technologically possible right now. This is the future of videography, and we are proud to be one of the very few globally, and the first in India, to experiment with it in the field of extreme adventure sports – to bring the complete immersive experience to our potential clients, while sitting comfortably at home or in office, before they choose to book with us-to assure them of the safety, and the scale of operations at our location in Rishikesh.”

Akshay Raheja, creative director and CEO of the startup NatuVR Studios said that ‘The viewing and reach of Virtual Reality content is on the rise all over the world and The VR experience videos that we have created with Jumpin Heights are state of the art content that’s highly immersive and is built with texts, and voiceovers to make it informational as well. We are lucky to have been given the opportunity to produce such content for the first time in the Adventure Sports field in India and have more exciting collaborations coming up for more such content. This is the kind of content that expands the boundaries of how people can view videos on their phones, laptops and of course VR Headsets.’