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David Attenborough features in VR experience at Westfield White City

Rachael Davies
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Conquest of the Skies, an immersive virtual reality experience featuring David Attenborough, is coming to London this month (Alchemy Immersive)
Conquest of the Skies, an immersive virtual reality experience featuring David Attenborough, is coming to London this month (Alchemy Immersive)

Visitors can completely immerse themselves in a Natural History documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough featuring a number of flying creatures at Westfield White City.

From Tuesday, November 29 until Sunday, December 4, people can come face-to-face with flying dinosaurs, hummingbirds and butterflies in an immersive VR experience.

Titled Conquest of the Skies VR, this is the first time that Sir David has narrated a project of this kind.

The installation will also feature an immersive projection of a special cut of the film, exclusively for in-person visitors to experience.

The free experience allows visitors to interact with flying creatures in augmented reality.

Holding up your phone and scanning a QR code to open Meta Spark filters, you can learn more about the speed and scale of dinosaurs and hummingbirds, as the exhibit takes you through the evolution of flight. Meta Quest 2 headsets are also available to help fully immerse you in the experience.

“Conquest of Skies is a story of transcendence and evolution that humbles you in the presence of these ancient pioneers of the heavens,” said Lewis Ball, director at Alchemy Immersive, the company behind the VR experience. “The sense of being in that space and in that moment with these creatures could only be achieved through the power of immersive technologies — and now with this optimised cut of the series, viewers get to share the experience with others.

Sir David Attenborough - In pictures

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Best of the best: Sir David Attenborough in 2015 (PA)
Best of the best: Sir David Attenborough in 2015 (PA)
BAFTA winner 2011: Sir David Attenborough with the Specialist Factual award at the Philips British Academy Television Awards at the Grosvenor House in 2011 (PA)
BAFTA winner 2011: Sir David Attenborough with the Specialist Factual award at the Philips British Academy Television Awards at the Grosvenor House in 2011 (PA)
Big Butterfly: Butterfly Conservation President Sir David Attenborough with a south east Asian Great Mormon Butterfly on his nose, as he launched the Big Butterfly count at the London Zoo in Regent's Park, London in 2012. The broadcaster and naturalist will turn 90 on May 8 (PA)
Big Butterfly: Butterfly Conservation President Sir David Attenborough with a south east Asian Great Mormon Butterfly on his nose, as he launched the Big Butterfly count at the London Zoo in Regent's Park, London in 2012. The broadcaster and naturalist will turn 90 on May 8 (PA)
Family: Sir David Attenborough (left) with his wife Jane Oriel and older brother and film actor Richard Attenborough at St. Anne's Church, Kew Green in 1950 (PA)
Family: Sir David Attenborough (left) with his wife Jane Oriel and older brother and film actor Richard Attenborough at St. Anne's Church, Kew Green in 1950 (PA)
Look what I brought home ...: Sir David Attenborough holding his son Robert in 1955, whilst looking at an animal called a coatimundi, brought home from the combined London Zoo - BBC expedition to British Guiana (PA)
Look what I brought home ...: Sir David Attenborough holding his son Robert in 1955, whilst looking at an animal called a coatimundi, brought home from the combined London Zoo - BBC expedition to British Guiana (PA)
Super furry animals: Sir David Attenborough with six-year-old Michael Webb of Kingsbury pets a Capybara after Sir David had lectured to children on the 'Zoological Expedition to British Guiana' at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London in 1956 (PA)
Super furry animals: Sir David Attenborough with six-year-old Michael Webb of Kingsbury pets a Capybara after Sir David had lectured to children on the 'Zoological Expedition to British Guiana' at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London in 1956 (PA)
Cover your ears: Sir David Attenborough with his three-year-old daughter Susan, as they cover their ears while sulphur-crested cockatoo Georgie lets out a piercing shriek in 1957 (PA)
Cover your ears: Sir David Attenborough with his three-year-old daughter Susan, as they cover their ears while sulphur-crested cockatoo Georgie lets out a piercing shriek in 1957 (PA)
Royal visit: Prince Charles with his sister Princess Anne meeting Sir David Attenborough and Cocky, the cockatoo brought back from his last Zoo Quest expedition, at the BBC Television Studios in Lime Grove, London in 1958 (PA)
Royal visit: Prince Charles with his sister Princess Anne meeting Sir David Attenborough and Cocky, the cockatoo brought back from his last Zoo Quest expedition, at the BBC Television Studios in Lime Grove, London in 1958 (PA)
In the land of Television: Mr. Michael Peacock, Controller of BBC 1, Mr. Huw Wheldon, Controller of Television Programmes and Sir David Attenborough, Controller of BBC 2, at the BBC Television Centre, White City in 1965 (PA)
In the land of Television: Mr. Michael Peacock, Controller of BBC 1, Mr. Huw Wheldon, Controller of Television Programmes and Sir David Attenborough, Controller of BBC 2, at the BBC Television Centre, White City in 1965 (PA)
Medal of honour: 1966: Sir David Attenborough receiving the Zoological Society of London's silver medal from the president, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the annual general meeting in London (PA)
Medal of honour: 1966: Sir David Attenborough receiving the Zoological Society of London's silver medal from the president, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the annual general meeting in London (PA)

“It’s truly a unique presentation of a natural history documentary and one that will leave a lasting impression on viewers.”

The experience is in the Atrium of Westfield in White City, West London. It is being held every day between 11am and 7pm from November 29 until December 4.