MONTHS NOW, PEOPLE ALL OVER OUR AREA HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY BEYOND VAN GOGH. IT WAS
AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AND
REALLY EXCITING FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE TO SEE THAT ARE COME TO
LIFE.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: NOW THERE IS
A NEW EXHIBIT COMING SOON IN
ITS PLACE. IT’S CALLED BEYOND
KING TUT. THE IMMERSIVE
EXPERIENCE, THE NEW EXHIBIT
CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY INVITES VISITORS TO
LEAVE THE MODERN WORLD BEHIND
AND EXPERIENCE IN ANCIENT
TIMES. JOINING US THIS MORNING
TO TALK ABOUT THIS CREATIVE
PRODUCER, MARK LACK. GOOD TO
SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING
ON. LISTEN, WHEN IT COMES TO.
EGYPTIAN. YES, HISTORY. SO
MANY PEOPLE LEARNED ABOUT IT
IS KIDS. MAYBE YOU GOT TO SEE
A LITTLE BIT OF IT IN MUSEUMS,
BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS
A NEW WAY OF PRESENTING
HISTORY. YOU’RE YOU KNOW,
WE’VE COME TO KNOW THESE
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES LIKE,
LIKE THEN GO HERE IN THAT’S TO
THE END OF THE MONTH. IS THAT
SURROUNDS YOU? THAT REALLY
TAKES YOU TO TO A DIFFERENT
PLACE.
>> THIS IS THAT IF YOU WILL,
BUT ALSO WITH THE STORY LINE,
YOU KNOW, KING TUT, WE MANY OF
US KNOW THAT NAME THE BOY KING
BECAME KING WHEN HE WAS 9
YEARS OLD. WELL, 100 YEARS
AGO, THAT WAS THE GREATEST
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY OF
ALL TIME TO THIS DAY WHEN
HOWARD CARTER, THE ARCA, THE
ARCHAEOLOGIST KIND OF POPE
THROUGH THAT WALL AND SOMEONE
SAID, CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING ANY
SAID? YES, WONDERFUL THINGS.
WELL, THE ONLY INTACT TOMB
EVER DISCOVERED. THAT’S WHY
WE’RE FASCINATED WITH EGYPT
AND KING TUT AND WITH NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC’S HELPED REALLY
LEADERSHIP. WE PUT TOGETHER
SOMETHING I THINK QUITE
SPECIAL TALKING ABOUT ANCIENT
EGYPT. THE FASCINATING STORY
OF THE BOY KING, HIS UNTIMELY
DEATH IN A BRAND-NEW WAY WITH
THESE INCREDIBLE PROJECTIONS.
SO YOU GET TO GO IN THERE AND.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: BECAUSE I
WENT TO THE VAN GOGH EXHIBIT,
360 DEGREE VISUALS. YOU GO
THERE AND EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK
IS SOMETHING. IS THAT GOING TO
BE THE SAME CASE WITH THIS?
THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE WEEK.
WE HAVE THAT STORY LINE. SO
FROM GALLERY TO GALLERY TO
GALLERY, BUT THAT LARGE
IMMERSIVE ROOM.
>> THAT YOU ENJOYED SO MUCH
WITH AND GO. WE’VE DONE THAT
HERE AS WELL. WE START
EVERYBODY OFF WITH THE
INTRODUCTORY FILM THAT GETS
EVERYBODY KIND OF THE SAME
STARTING LINE. THEN WE TAKE
YOU ON THAT JOURNEY. WE BRING
YOU INTO THE TUNE INTO THE
BURIAL CHAMBER WHERE THE MOMMY
OF 2 COMMON WAS WHEN CARTER
MADE THE DISCOVERY ALL ABOUT
HIS FAMILY TREE. LIKE I SAID,
HIS UNTIMELY DEATH, THE
MODIFICATION PROCESS AND THEN
INTO THIS LAST ROOM, YOU KNOW,
YOU MENTIONED SO MANY PEOPLE
ARE FASCINATED WITH ANCIENT
EGYPT. IT’S KIND OF ON
EVERYBODY’S BUCKET LIST. NOT
ALL OF US GET TO GO. I THINK
THE IDEA HERE IS TO BRING AID
EGYPT TO JACKSONVILLE. YOU
KINDLY JACKSONVILLE BEHIND
JUST FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF
AND COME INTO THIS WONDERFUL
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. HAVE YOU
BEEN ABLE TO GO AND SEE SOME
OF THE STUFF IN PERSON I HAVE.
I HAD THE THE HONOR REALLY OF
TOURING THE ACTUAL ARTIFACTS.
SO WENT TO EGYPT, SAW THE
ARTIFACTS THERE, TOOK THEM
AROUND THE WORLD. THOSE
ARTIFACTS ARE BACK IN EGYPT
NOW AND THEY’LL BE THERE FOR
MANY YEARS TO COME. THEY HAVE
A BRAND NEW MUSEUM THERE.
THAT’S REALLY WHY. LET’S SEE,
HOW DO WE CELEBRATE THIS 100TH
ANNIVERSARY? WELL, WITH THE
OPTICS BACK IN EGYPT, LET’S DO
THIS LARGE IMMERSIVE
EXPERIENCE. SO IT’S COMPARABLE
TO ACTUALLY BEING THERE WHEN
YOU’RE AND THAT’S THE IDEA.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DID
FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, I I
KIND OF HAD THAT UP IS HOW DO
WE MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE
THERE AND SOME OF THE OBJECTS,
YOU KNOW, THAT ARE SMALL THAT
YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HAND. BUT
WHEN YOU SEE THEM IN HIS LARGE
MAPPING AROUND THE ROOM LIKE
THIS LARGE IMMERSIVE ROOM
HERE. IF THEY COME TO LIFE IN
A BRAND-NEW WAY, I’VE HAD
ARCHAEOLOGIST HELMET, YOU
KNOW, MARKET NEVER QUITE SEEN
THE DETAIL LIKE THIS. WHEN I
SEE IT BIG UP ON THE WALLS.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE WRAPPING,
BUT BUT TELL ME HOW PEOPLE GET
TICKETS STARTING TO GO ON SALE
TOMORROW. RIGHT ON SALE BE ON
KING TUT DOT THAT’LL GET YOU
ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
WE OPEN ON JUNE 9TH TO THE
PUBLIC WILL BE HERE ALL SUMMER
TO THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER
SO EXCITED. YOU KNOW, I LIVE
IN ST. PETERSBURG. I’M A
FLORIDIAN. THIS IS OUR FIRST
HERE IN FLORIDA HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE. REALLY. AND THIS
IS IN A REALLY DEVELOPING AREA
CALLED THE NOCO CENTER. YES,
TO THAT’S THE NORTH KOREA
RIGHT THERE IN DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE. IT’S COOL TO SEE
HOW THEY TOOK A SPACE AND
TRANSFORMED IT. SO CERTAINLY
IT IS. IT IS WORTH COMING BY.
I CAN’T WAIT TO GO AND SEE IT
IN PERSON AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO HAVING SO MANY PEOPLE FROM
OUR AREA. GET TO EXPERIENCE IS