Step Inside the Story.

A Family Attraction for all Ages

Holographic films come to life around you, in the room with your family.

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The Experience

More Than a Movie. You're Inside the Story.

Imagine standing face-to-face with creatures you never thought you’d see.

At HoloTheater, holograms bring the story to life all around you. No 3D glasses. Just a show you have to see to believe.

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Holographic shows

The Stories Await.

From prehistoric giants to the wonders of the deep, two holographic films brought to life at HoloTheater.

Now showingNo 3D glasses

Dinosaur Discoveries

Dinosaur Discoveries — A Holographic Adventure

A World Lost in Time. Brought to Life.

Come face-to-face with incredible dinosaurs as the prehistoric world unfolds around you.

  • Visit the discoveries that first showed birds are dinosaurs.
  • Meet dinosaurs the way new research describes them, feathers and all.
  • Experience the world as it looked at the end of the Cretaceous.
<30minutes
Allages

A small, up-close boutique theater.

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Contains hunting scenes and predator and prey moments. Parent discretion advised for anyone who may be sensitive to those scenes.

World premiere · Nov 24No 3D glasses

Ocean Giants Revealed, A Holographic Adventure

Ocean Giants Revealed, A Holographic Adventure

Discover the Wonders Beneath the Waves.

Encounter magnificent ocean creatures and prehistoric predators in an underwater holographic adventure.

  • Swim beside a blue whale, the largest animal ever to live.
  • Come face to face with the Megalodon.
  • Meet the Shastasaurus, a giant of the ancient seas.

World premiere

Tuesday, November 24 at the Aquarium of the Pacific

Also opening: Branson in late November, Natick (Boston) in late December.

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More ways to explore

Discover a New Reality.

Take your adventure further with virtual reality experiences that transport you to incredible new worlds. Discover another way to explore, play, and imagine.

Available at select locations.

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Your Next Adventure Awaits.

Your next show may be closer than you think. Find a HoloTheater near you and see what's playing.

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

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Groups and schools

A field trip they'll still talk about in June

Weekday mornings are reserved for schools, scouts and homeschool co ops. The show runs under 30 minutes, lines up with NGSS standards, and leaves teachers with no equipment to manage.

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Reviews

What people
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“Anybody who goes and experiences Dinosaur Discoveries will be blown away.”
Science Bites podcast
Viewers feel like they are “sharing the same space with these prehistoric giants.”
Houstonia Magazine
“A dynamic new form of storytelling that immerses audiences like never before.”
Shaun MacGillivray, President, MacGillivray Freeman Films

“Audiences are loving the HoloTheater experience.”

Joseph P. Cox · President & CEO, Museum of Discovery and Science

“Thrilling, larger-than-life scientific adventures — all without the need of 3D glasses.”

GSCA · Giant Screen Cinema Association

“Launching a new era of immersive learning experiences.”

MacGillivray Freeman Films · HoloTheater grand opening announcement

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Nothing to wear at all and no app to download. The holograms appear in the room itself, so you just sit down and look up.

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