A flight over Hamburg from the comfort of your own sitting room: exploring the Hanseatic city in a DIY aircraft – with VR drone Spherie

Hamburg, 22 May 2020 (HHT) – Spherie, a Hamburg-based virtual reality startup, invites you to a free sightseeing flight over Hamburg. Spherie has developed the world's first 360° drone of the same name. Its spectacular aerial views create a virtual flight experience that could not be any more realistic. The drone flight captures Hamburg's most popular sights from a dizzying height, taking you from the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s highest point via the HafenCity district, the River Elbe and the port, past St Michaelis Church and all the way to the Outer Alster Lake with its sailboats. All of this can be experienced at www.flyathome.spherie.com.

From cardboard box to flying object: DIY challenge provides fun for the whole family

With the activities under the hashtag #flyathome you can turn your sitting room into an airport, and a simple cardboard box into a creative flying object. All you need are VR glasses, Google’s Cardboard, or simply a smartphone or tablet. As well as offering an incredibly realistic flight experience, the cardboard box offers DIY fun for the whole family. Dedicated amateur pilots can create their own flying objects – and win a trip to the Virtual Reality Headquarters in Hamburg's historic Speicherstadt as well as one of five 3-day Hamburg CARDs for the entire family. Visit www.flyathome.spherie.com for further information on the DIY challenge and eligibility.

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