iCinema Excursion

The iCinema experience was phenomenal; i was in complete awe of its' capabilities and its power to not only completely immerse my mind, but to go as far as to convince my mind to control my body in an irrational way!
To feel that I was in a lift ascending in a rainforest, to sitting on rubble in various countries across the world, to tuning into performances and other people's conversations by pointing a microphone at them - all without so much as moving from my spot on the floor - was an amazing experience. The physical visuals combined with the sound effects opened a new level of reality simulation; the mining tour had me feeling slightly claustrophobic, and I don't think I was the only one in the room dodging the 'bolts' on the 'roof'!
The complete submersion into a visual space went above and beyond any form of 'liveness' i have experienced through a screen; aside from the convenience (if not total bombardment of the senses) of the T-Visionarium, and feeling involved in the performance to the point where you felt performers speaking directly to you, the accessibility and interaction available to someone at the iCinema truely speaks to a 21st century culture!
The iCinema excursion truely showed me how far technology has come, and just when you think it has reached its limit, you are told that further animation and interactive liveness is being worked on - is it bad that i now watch the Foxtel HD ad's and think 'how primitive?'