Latest Castrol ad is a scary virtual ride

Castrol's Virtual Drift immersive video. — Castrol’s Virtual Drift immersive video.

Car companies have been getting into virtual test drives lately. There’s the Volvo XC90 Experience, for example. And Mercedes VR for Cardboard for Android phones. And Subaru Motorsports, also for Android — look for the videos with the 360 symbol, and select the virtual reality headset mode.

But thisÂ Castrol EDGE 360Â° Interactive Titanium Strong Virtual Drift virtual reality ride puts some virtual reality into virtual reality.

The driver in this car is wearing a virtual reality headset while driving around a wide, empty lot at top speed, spinning around, evading obstacles that only exist virtually.

Watch the regular video below.

Or, better yet, load up the immersive version below in your Android phone’s YouTube app and switch to virtual reality view.

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Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel. Email her at maria@hypergridbusiness.com. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.