Rome, immersive experience at Circus Maximus opens in evening hours

Back from Sept. 1-30, during evening hours, Circus Maximo Experience, the immersive augmented and virtual reality tour of the largest performing arts building of antiquity and one of the largest of all time, Circus Maximus.

Special opening Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. (Sept. 1-12) and from 4 to 7 p.m. (Sept. 15-30).

One of the most significant monuments in Rome’s history, the Circus Maximus thus comes back to life through an augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) enhancement project. For the first time, the Circus will be visitable in all its historical phases thanks to an experience that uses interactive visualization technologies never before employed in such a large outdoor area. It is an experience that takes visitors on a stroll through Roman stores or to watch a quadrigas race amid shouts of incitement and the overturning of chariots, in a continuous cross-reference between present and past.

The tour, lasting about 40 minutes, is available in eight languages (Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese).

The eight stages include: the Valley and the origins of the Circus, the Circus from Julius Caesar to Trajan, the Circus in the Imperial Age, the Cavea, theArch of Titus, the Shops (tabernae), the Circus in the Medieval and Modern Ages, and finally A Day at the Circus. The visit can be enjoyed with immersive viewers (see-through technology) and stereophonic headset systems, included in the ticket price. The visit with a viewer can also be enjoyed by deaf people thanks to simplified subtitles in Italian or English.

For all information you can visit the event’s official website.

Rome, immersive experience at Circus Maximus opens in evening hours

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