David Attenborough's First Life Virtual Reality

Overview

Let's hope this extraordinary documentary doesn't become our final memory of the glorious Great Barrier Reef. (Given that, on April 3, the Queensland Government handed Adani mining company three licenses, permitting extraction from the Carmichael coal mine, we have good reason to be afraid. Very afraid).

Now screening at the Australian Museum, this film allows you to join the indefatigable David Attenborough as he dives the reef. And, not only will you get to see what he's seen, you'll also be submerged in virtual reality. Yep, for 45 incredible minutes, you'll literally live through a 360-degree seascape, surrounded by multi-coloured coral, schools of fish and, gasp! Savage sharks. Sorry Nemo, but you ain't got nothing.

If that leaves you wanting more, join Sir Attenborough on another journey with his First Life Virtual Reality. This 35-minute extravaganza takes you travelling 500 million years back in time, visiting ancient oceans and extinct creatures of the sea. You've got until May 5.