BBC Earth Experience, Melbourne makes immersive audio-visual installation out of David Attenborough natural history documentary

British broadcaster has used footage shot by its Natural History Unit for a series by presenter David Attenborough for a 360-degree, surround-sound installation

The second of its kind, the attraction in Australia makes visitors feel they are in the middle of a succession of wild environments on the seven continents

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Visitors take in the BBC Earth Experience, Melbourne, a 360-degree immersive audio-visual installation on whose screens are projected images shot by David Attenborough and his team for the BBC’s “Seven Worlds, One Planet” series. Photo: BBC Earth Experience Australian Production

Published: 1:15pm, 11 Nov 2023

Not all travel experiences are relaxing, especially if you are interested in the natural world.

Climbing a mountain, for instance, takes physical and logistical effort. Patience and luck also play a big part. You could crouch in that Rwandan forest all day and not see a single silverback gorilla, or camp out on the Norwegian snow only to have a cloudy night obscure the aurora borealis.

Thank goodness, then, for BBC broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough, who has spent seven decades helping viewers experience the wonders of the natural world from the comfort of their armchairs.

It’s estimated that more than a billion people have tuned into his television programmes, made with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, the world’s biggest producer of natural history programming.

Images from the BBC Earth Experience, Melbourne. Photo: BBC Earth Experience Australian Production

Footage shot by Attenborough and his team for the Seven Worlds, One Planet series is now being used in the BBC Earth Experience, an attraction that has just opened in Melbourne, Australia.