The future of virtual reality is about to become the present in Oklahoma City when the state's only virtual reality arcade debuts this weekend in Penn Square Mall.

Upward VR, owned by Will Stackable and Brad Scoggin, will make a second-floor space in the mall's north wing (which has been occupied temporarily by the Apple Store) its permanent home by Dec. 1.

Meanwhile, the owners plan to get the gaming going with a kiosk space until the larger space is ready.

There's lots of gaming options players who dare to don the goggled helmets can indulge in, such as fighting off hordes of zombies, or defending a castle, or racing cars.