India’s leading theater franchise, PVR Cinemas has today launched India’s first VR lounge in partnership with Global IT company HP. The VR lounge opened in PVR ECX, Mall of India, Noida features four VR pods, which are powered by HP’s Omen desktops or laptops with HTC Vive headsets. Under this partnership, PVR further seeks to inaugurate about 10 such VR lounges across India by the year end.
The lounge will be available for free to PVR customers for next 15 days and after that, people who want to access the lounge facility will be charged Rs 100. Since the lounge offers over 15-20 minutes of immersive VR fun, early movie-goers can experience the technology installed while they wait for their movie to begin. The short duration of this VR experience will ensure that the audience’s focus is not strayed from the movie.
Talking about their VR experience, Ajay Bijli, Chairman and Managing Director, PVR Cinemas Ltd said,
Being the innovators in the realm of cinema, it is our continuous endeavour to be in sync with world’s latest technologies and VR is the next big thing that we have brought for the Indian audience. We are delighted to partner with HP given their unmatched expertise in the technology domain.
Currently, VR is the reigning trend in the entertainment industry. As industry experts predict, patrons will definitely have a great time exploring the fresh space in India. The four pods installed include HP Omen 870-260 which packs a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card and an HP Omen 17 W249TX and the W25TX which house the GTX 1060 and GTX 1070 GPUs respectively.
Expressing his views on the collaboration, Ketan Patel, Senior Director, Personal Systems, HP Inc. India said,
HP’s innovation in the area of VR is yet another first from us where we continuously strive to provide the latest technology and world class experience to our customers,Our partnership with PVR will bring the best of technology for PVR patrons to touch and feel virtual reality.
The content genre for the customers includes drama, fiction, sci-fi, horror, action as well as games for free play. Games like Fruit Ninja, Space Pirate Trainer, The Visitor are available. Audiences will also be provided with options from Disney, such as The BFG experience, The Jungle Book experience, and more.
