Thanks to virtual reality, you can easily ride a horse at the 2023 Farm Show - PennLive

If you’ve ne'er been horseback riding, the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association gives a life-like, virtual-reality acquisition astatine this year’s workplace show.

The PHRA has brought backmost this fashionable attraction to the Pennsylvania Farm Show for the 2nd clip since 2020.

According to PHRA’s Ashley Eisenbeil, this acquisition is important to bring backmost truthful the nationalist tin some larn astir horseback racing and person a thrilling acquisition done a enactment of six antithetic Pa. contention courses.

“With caller exertion and VR becoming a truly large happening we person travel up with virtual world simulators,” she said. “We developed it to truly bring the excitement of racing to the radical alternatively of having to bring radical to the track.”

Visitors that effort retired the attraction get a POV done the eyes of a jockey oregon harness operator with a virtual world headset that includes existent 360° footage incorporated to heighten the acquisition of a three-minute contention to the decorativeness line.

There are 2 options for the virtual world riding experience: Sulky oregon contention motorcycle operator (harness racing) and Jockey (thoroughbred racing).

In summation to wearing the headset, workplace amusement guests tin acquisition mechanical equine riding that’s akin to a 1,200-pound thoroughbred galloping astatine apical speed.

The acquisition is escaped to workplace amusement attendees. Those who enactment indispensable beryllium property 12 oregon older to deterioration the VR goggles but younger children are capable to acquisition riding.

Watch the video for a preview of PHRA’s VR horseback racing experience.