Federal Minister and First Mayor open spectacular new virtual reality world “YULLBE WUNDERLAND” in the Speicherstadt.
For centuries, the air, the deep sea and outer space were considered unattainable and were the setting and place of fantasy for great writers and generations of children’s dreams. We can now dive into the Mariana Trench and will soon be able to fly to Mars. And yet we are still surrounded by boundaries that we cannot yet overcome. After all, what child doesn’t dream of floating out of the window like Peter Pan and escaping to Neverland, saving the world with superpowers, changing bodies – or shrinking into another world?
In order to make these dreams come true and provide a glimpse behind the physical boundaries of our world, Germany’s two most popular attractions – Europa-Park Rust and Miniatur Wunderland – have joined forces to develop YULLBE WUNDERLAND – a state-of-the-art virtual reality attraction covering 750 square meters, where it will be possible to immerse yourself in other worlds with all your senses. After more than a year of construction and development, Hamburg’s newest attraction was opened today at 3:30 p.m. in the Speicherstadt warehouse district by Federal Digital Minister Dr. Volker Wissing, Hamburg’s First Mayor Dr. Peter Tschentscher, Europa-Park CEO Michael Mack and Miniatur Wunderland founder Frederik Braun.
Thanks to next-generation virtual reality technology, visitors will be able to shrink themselves into Miniatur Wunderland in two specially designed rooms with special equipment. “We’ve actually been dreaming of being able to shrink ourselves into Wunderland and experience this world ourselves as a 1:87 scale figure since the very first Wunderland days. Until now, that wasn’t possible. But thanks to Corona, it’s now possible,” explains Wunderland founder Frederik Braun with a grin, adding: “Of course, the last two years have been tough for us, with more than 1,500,000 fewer visitors than before. But we can at least take some positives from the time. We finally had time to rethink Wunderland and really let off steam creatively. When we came across this new VR technology from Europa-Park, it completely blew our socks off. It was immediately clear to us that, thanks to this technology, we could overcome the disadvantage of our size and become little wonderlands. In the end, the pandemic has made our dream come true.”
In addition to two Wunderland experiences, visitors will also be able to travel to other virtual worlds in the future. There are two rooms for this, which differ in size and technology:
YULLBE WUNDERLAND GO – 10-minute experience
The YULLBE GO room is 80 square meters in size and will be home to four different experiences in the first stage of development. In addition to a crazy walk through Wonderland, there will also be three fantasy worlds from Europa-Park’s creative workshop (Ed & Edda, Alpha Mods and Traumatica).
YULLBE WUNDERLAND PRO – 30-minute experience
The YULLBE PRO room is equipped with the very latest tracking technology, as used in the most modern Hollywood studios. Thanks to this technology, six guests can walk through the 250 square meter room at the same time for 30 minutes with all their senses. There are two experiences to choose from at the beginning: The Completely Crazy Shrink Tour through Wonderland and Mission Rulantica from Europa-Park.
“Whether it’s 80 or 250 square meters doesn’t really matter to the visitor. In virtual space, the boundaries of space and time become blurred. It’s spectacular how you can trick the senses and give you the feeling of infinite space. For me, it’s simply magical. It feels as if I can now walk through my imagination with full consciousness,” says Frederik Braun, describing the attraction.
Visitors are free to decide in which world they want to cross which border. In the two Wunderland experiences, for example, guests are shrunk and can experience Miniatur Wunderland from the perspective of a small figure with all their senses. In “Mission Rulantica”, on the other hand, you are a futuristic explorer who leaves gravity behind or become a kind of comic hero in “Ed & Edda”. Over the coming months and years, there will be more and more experiences that will constantly test the limits of what is possible.
Downloads & more information
Photos, footage and information about YULLBE WUNDERLAND can be found here: yullbe-wunderland.de/press
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