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Periscape Brings VR Pop-up Installation to JFK International, Company in Talks with Over 200 Airports

Traveling through Terminal 4 on your way to, or through JFK International? Then you might have a chance to jump into VR thanks to Periscape VR’s recent pop-up installation that brings a number of high-quality PC VR games and experiences to international travellers.

Featuring 12 stations fitted with Windows VR headsets, you’ll be able to play the Blu, Job Simulator, Longbow, Fruit Ninja, Notes on Blindness, and MasterpieceVR while killing time. According to a Forbes interview, Periscape will be adding more experiences during the pop-up’s six-month lifespan, bringing the number of VR games and experiences to between 12 and 18.

The installations are open 18 hours a day, and have two attendants on hand to help with first-time VR users. The company says Periscape stations (called ‘VR Towers’) can technically be completely self-serve however. According to Airport Technology, the JFK-based installation is said to be available for six months from its initial June opening.

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VR games are of course pay-to-play, charging around $1-$2 per minute of gameplay. Periscape VR Founder and CEO Lynn Rosenthal says the VR Towers are at over 60% utilization, which represents big bucks for a high-visibility, location-based VR installation.

Based on the overall positive reaction, Periscape told Forbes they’re currently in discussions with JFK to install more VR Towers in additional areas of Terminal 4. Rosenthal says the company already has exclusive partnerships with 229 airports, including Paris, Dubai, Shanghai, Singapore, and Atlanta.

Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets are a smart choice for the installations, as they don’t require protruding sensors thanks to the headsets’ inside-out positional tracking. A crowd of curious on-lookers never hurt either to drive continuous business, as the crowded airport fills with people looking to kill time between flights.

It certainly isn’t the most expensive thing to do in an airport either (I’m looking at you $5 Dasani water).

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PeriscapeVR Brings A VR Experience To JFK Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of the busiest in the world, and Terminal 4 will soon play host to virtual reality (VR) experiences featuring curated content that travellers can enjoy while awaiting their flights.

PeriscapeVR’s Experience Center is a pop-up in Terminal 4’s Retail Lounge which has been equipped with freestand VR towers that power 12 stations that can provide travellers with VR entertainment.

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Prices for the experiences are around $1-$2 per minute and the experiences last from 5-10 minutes each. The experiences that grouped into five categories: First Time, Experience, Create, Play, and Social Cause.

“We are thrilled to partner with PeriscapeVR to bring the first airport VR Experience Center offering location-based entertainment to travelers at Terminal 4,” said Edward Midgley, Vice President of Commercial for JFKIAT, the company that manages Terminal 4. “With more than 21 million annual passengers traveling across six continents, Terminal 4 is the perfect location to offer this amenity. T4 strives to provide passengers with the best experiences possible and PeriscapeVR will give travelers something new to enjoy while at the airport.”

“PeriscapeVR, meaning ‘escape within,’ was created for travelers who desire a fun, blissful and euphoric respite from airport crowds and long hours between flights. As a frequent traveler, I recognized there was a gap in the market for this kind of airport entertainment, and I am delighted to be bringing PeriscapeVR to JFK T4,” said Lynn Rosenthal, founder and CEO of PeriscapeVR.

“HP is proud to have been chosen to power the virtual reality technology needs of PeriscapeVR for its groundbreaking experience at one of the world’s most visited airports,” said Joanna Popper, Global Head of Virtual Reality, Location Based Entertainment, HP. “We are thrilled to offer travelers the innovation, creativity and escape of virtual reality, and excited that they will experience this content through HP’s technology. We look forward to making this the first huge success of many together with the PeriscapeVR team.”

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The PeriscapeVR pop-up will be in Terminal 4 of JFK Airport from approximately six moths. Future coverage of new VR installations will be here on VRFocus.