We have all kinds of educational images in the VR kits we have to loan out to our members. And to help everyone keep looking informed about the assorted uses of VR and AR in all sorts of areas, we keep sharing information with you!

I really like to read books and watch documentaries about the process of climbing Mt. Everest. It’s a huge challenge, and it’s interesting to see how people are doing it.

But I would never want to do this – it’s way too hard, way too much work, and way too expensive. So an opportunity to learn about the trip in virtual reality would be very cool!

Check out the article excerpt below, and you can click here to get the entire thing.

Virtual reality Everest VR docuseries takes you up the world’s tallest mountain at home

“Climbing the tallest mountain in the world is not something any of us are likely to accomplish in our lifetime.

Despite this, summiting Mount Everest isn’t the exclusive experience it used to be. Over 4,000 people have made it to the top since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first accomplished the feat in 1953.

Not all expeditions end in success and, in April 2017, climber Ueli Steck attempted to reach the summit without the help of bottled oxygen. He died on the West Ridge of the mountain at the ripe old age of 40.

Steck’s friend, a mountain guide called Sherpa Tenji, decided to finish the journey as a way to honour him. Renowned cameraman Jonathan Griffith joined the party and used the expedition to create Everest VR: Journey to the Top of the World, a docuseries shot specifically for virtual reality headsets.

‘Ueli mentored Sherpa Tenji from a very young age,’ Griffith explained. ‘He really took him under his wing. They were on this project to do it together, so it felt fitting to get Tenji to try and finish up his mentor’s climb in his stead.’

The series consists of three episodes and was made with the assistance of Oculus, the Facebook-owned virtual reality (VR) company that’s been working to make VR mainstream for the last several years.”