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Aerial view of the construction site of the virtual-reality theme park, East Valley of Science and Fantasy, projected by the animation unit of Shenzhen-listed Oriental Times Media Corporation in Guiyang city, southwest China's Guizhou province, 26 October 2017.
A virtual-reality theme park where visitors can find themselves immersed in a world living with aliens, riding UFOs and fighting dragons, has been constructed. The theme park site in Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou province, is part of a larger 1.3-square-kilometer, 10-billion-yuan ($1.52 billion) project being masterminded by the Shenzhen-listed Oriental Times Media Corp's animation unit. Construction of the East Valley of Science and Fantasy has already started and it is scheduled to open in October. Most of that total area, however, will be devoted to VR moviemaking, with a cutting-edge media research and development center at its core, said the company. VR helmets and other gadgets will be handed out to visitors to the theme park so they can "interact with the environment", said Shi Xiangdong, chairman of Shuimu Animation Co Ltd, Oriental Times' animation unit that will oversee the project. "The VR park will give players a more-realistic feeling than video games. "Moreover, we will feature China's first VR roller coaster and 13 pavilions showcasing different UFOs, which can help children explore outer space in a digitally immersive way," said Shi. The ambitious new project comes as some of China's biggest companies are scrambling to tap into the burgeoning VR sector, which is being widely tipped to take over from the smartphone industry, as the country's next commercial gold mine.
