Thursday, October 30, 2008

Why yes, yes I do play Virtual Volleyball.

If you don't love the Boston Museum of Science you probably also hate kittens and puppies and cake. That being said, The Museum of Science is the greatest place ever.

For those of you reading this blog who aren't from Massachusetts, for shame! You have not known the joys of the omni theatre, the terror of the giant electric tesla coil, the excitement of racing those lights in that playground exhibit (does anyone know what I'm talking about?), or the magic of the musical stairs.

Among those select few who know of the things I mentioned above, there is an even select-er few who know of virtual volleyball. Virtual volleyball is awesome because its a video game you PLAY WITH YOUR BODY. Even better, I'm pretty sure it was built in the late 80's, way before similar upstarts like the Wii. Basically a projector makes a silhouette of your body on a screen, and the screen is a 2 dimensional volleyball court. If the ball on the screen touches the silhouette of your body on the screen, it bounces. Totally sweet.

Anyways that's all I really have to say for today, and don't feel too bad if you have no idea what I'm talking about, kittens/puppies/cake aren't that great anyway....

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm pretty sure I have to go to this museum right about now.

Christina D said...

actually i just heard that there are two new exhibitions:
mythical creatures
phobias

Shea said...

my favorite was the HUGE contraption in the middle of everything. I could watch that for hours