Sir Michael Dixon, director of the Natural History Museum, said the VR tour was one of the more "innovative" ways the museum was looking to share artifacts in its collection.
The early steps into VR are no different.
If you've always fancied one-on-one time with national treasure and world renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough, now could be your chance.
Dubbed "Hold the World", the experience will comprise a serious a TV documentary clips and bespoke, interactive video game technology.
Famed British naturalist David Attenborough is going to become a virtual reality "hologram" with the help of United Kingdom broadcaster Sky and London's Natural History Museum.
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Hold the World is being created by Sky VR Studio in partnership with "immersive content studio" Factory 42, which was started by former Sky Arts and Sky 3D boss John Cassy in 2016.
"I have enjoyed helping people to discover more about the natural world, and [this] offers people a unique opportunity: to examine rare objects, some millions of years old, up close. all from the comfort of their own homes". Sir David will be transformed into a hologram and will guide participants to virtually "handle" fossils, using his passion for the natural world to bring the objects to life.
Don't go getting too excited just yet at the prospect of playing with virtual dinosaur bones.
On paper, it pretty much sounds like the virtual museum experience we all envisioned when we first though about VR education. An exact release date is still unclear. Press shots show Attenborough monkeying around with an Oculus Rift VR headset, complete with Oculus Touch controllers, which shows that no matter how brilliant, respected, or intelligent you are, wearing a VR headset is guaranteed to make you look a bit derpy.
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