Titanic VR

July 6, 2018

Can VR Make You Smarter? The VR Games Designed to Educate

Virtual reality (VR) is a great place to while away a few hours in some fantastical universe, go on an adventure, shoot some bad guys, or just relax in some tranquil surroundings. The technology isn’t just for entertainment purposes though as it can be used as an educational tool if you want to get that grey matter fired up. So VRFocus has decided to compile a list of edutainment titles available today that are worth a look.

Number Hunt

Perfectly falling into this category is Number Hunt, a mathematical videogame which was recently launched on Steam Early Access by two-person indie team PaleBlue XYZ. The premise is very simple, all you have to do is shoot numbers wandering around a level. The difficulty comes by the fact that you’re given five specific numbers to achieve on each round, and a gun that can Add, Multiply, Subtract and Divide.

The numbers wandering around range from one to nine, while the target numbers can go all the way up to 900. So you have to use some arithmetic skills to shoot the right numbers and hit those targets as quickly as possible. Plus there’s a time limit so there’s no hanging around.

Featuring both single-player and multiplayer modes Number Hunt is still early in development but showcases one of the best ideas for combining mathematics and fun gameplay.

HoloLAB Champions

The latest VR title from Schell Games (I Expect You to Die), HoloLAB Champions isn’t actually out just yet as its due to be released on 10th July for HTC Vive. VRFocus decide to include the videogame as it was so close to launch and accurately fitted the edutainment profile.

Created with support from the Institute of Education Science, HoloLAB Champions is focused on teaching chemistry via way of a game show layout. The single-player experience has each person interact with equipment and materials that they’d find in an actual lab, challenging them to scoop, pour, and burn their way through several mini-labs before the final lab challenge.

Whether you’re already learning Chemistry or just want to know more about the subject, HoloLAB Champions offers a fun approach to the subject.

VRobot: Robotics in VR

Another Steam Early Access title, VRobot: Robotics in VR is a far more technological offering than the last two, providing a virtual engineering workspace with all the tools and educational materials needed to build your own mechanised being.

Inspired by the work of past projects helping children engage with STEM subjects developer VRobot decided to create a practical and informative experience to teach anyone across the world about robotic design, without the usual expense.

You’re not going to create a T-800 just quite yet with the software currently offering a basic design to learn about LEGO EV3 Mindstorms. You’ll learn not only how to build it but also the programming side as well. Then in future iterations of VRobot: Robotics in VR more robots will be added.

Brush Up VR

One for the younger VR players among you, Brush Up VR is a humorous take on teaching children how to better brush their teeth.

Developed by GamesThatWork, Brush Up VR teams the player up with a friendly blue robot named Budd. Armed with a giant toothbrush, the player must brush all the green gunk from Budd’s teeth within the time limit. Failure to do so will be bad for your little blue buddy.

Created by Immersive VR Education – the team behind Apollo 11 VR – Titanic VR takes you beneath the waves to learn about one of the most famous maritime disasters of the 20th Century.

The educational experience is set in the near future, but explores a more-intact 1985 model of the wreck. Players take on the role of Dr. Ethan Lynch, Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the fictional University of Nova Scotia. With funding from a mysterious investor, Dr. Lynch and his PhD Candidate Jean Robinson have set out aboard a research vessel to dive the wreck and answer questions that have remained submerged for a century.

The Steam Early Access version features seven dive missions and seven lab missions, with additional content to be added over the course of the next 6 to eight months.

Star Chart

One of the earliest educational apps for devices like HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, Star Chart is a VR planetarium where you can look up at the night sky and through the solar system to see a real-time simulation. Explore all 88 constellations as well as out nearest planets, from the smallest moons of Saturn to the coldest, darkest, farthest reaches of Pluto.

Google Earth VR

For those interested in a more terrestrial journey then there’s always Google Earth VR. Launched for free in 2016 for HTC Vive, the app then came to Oculus Rift the following year. Allowing you to explore virtually anywhere on Earth, from the driest deserts to the busiest cities, the most recent update to the app also introduced Street View, so you can get an even better look at the world around you.

Discovery VR

The Discovery Channel doing what its does best, just this time in 360-degrees. A one stop shop for the channels many immersive productions, the app originally launched in 2015 with nine short experiences. Since then the content has expanded dramatically, showcasing films from shark-infested shipwrecks to freeboarding the windiest street in the world.

3D Organon VR Anatomy

Designed as a fully-featured VR anatomy atlas, 3D Organon VR Anatomy enables users to learn about the human body, with full 3D male and female body models and systems including: Skeletal, Connective, Muscular, Arterial, Venous, Nervous, Lymphatic, Heart, Respiratory, Digestive, Endocrine, Urinary, Reproductive, Sensory organs, and Integumentary (skin).

Supporting both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift 3D Organon VR Anatomy is one of those apps designed for users who want better sense at what makes the body tick.

Operation Apex

Time to head below the ocean waves again just this time for very different reasons. Operation Apex teaches players all about the underwater eco-system while on the hunt for a Great White shark. They play a marine scientist looking for the largest Great White ever known but in the process need to scan the local aquatic life to build up data and a better understanding of what’s being hunted.

December 3, 2017

Something For The Weekend: Swords, Sorcery, Sport & Steam

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday consigned to oblivion for another year… or at least until we look at our bank statements at any rate… it’s back to our usual trip through the stores in Something for the Weekend. This week VRFocus is looking at Steam for anything playable on any of the supported head mounted displays (HMDs). Be it the HTC Vive, the Oculus Rift, the OSVR or even Windows Mixed Reality headsets that are both up for grabs and available with a good percentage of money off. So let’s see below just what you can get, for how much and on what right now.

Obduction

Compatibility: HTC Vive & Oculus Rift

Whenever you get a film nowadays it always says at some point in the trailer ‘from the makers of [blank]’ with blank filled in by some other film someone on the higher ups has been involved in. Videogames tend not to do that, concentrating on the big name producers alone. Obduction bucks the trend by wearing its ‘from the creators of Myst‘ badge proudly. And if your game was created by the people behind Myst… well you would, wouldn’t you?

“Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.”

Obduction is currently at 50% off until December 4th 2017, and you can get it now at £11.99 (GBP) as opposed the usual £23.99

Don’t Knock Twice

Compatibility: HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

We might be getting into all things winter but that doesn’t mean you can’t also get a scare. Beginning yesterday and continuing all the way until December 15th 2017, Wales Interactive’s Don’t Knock Twice is also available at a 50% discount. Bringing the total to £7.99 (GBP) from £15.99.

“For a true horror experience you have to be almost defenceless, surviving in the darkness with that glimmer of hope you’ll escape, listening to every creak and whistle of the wind wondering what’s around the corner. If that sounds like your type of VR videogame then Wales Interactive’s Don’t Knock Twice might be just what you want, possibly.” – Peter Graham, VRFocus‘ Review

SportsBar VR

Compatibility: HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

The former Pool Nation VR just announced their biggest update ever with cross-play and other updates and not only that you can get it for a third off on Steam until December 8th.

Always a favourite of VRFocus since its early days, we reviewed it back in March and it received a five star review from Editor Kevin Joyce. “[SportsBar VR] isn’t simply a VR recreation of a pool table, balls and a ruleset. It is, in fact, a virtual environment for players to enjoy a game of pool in, as well as a number of other entertainment activities. It’s more than the name suggests, and because of this [SportsBar VR] is one of the most enjoyable experiences currently available for the HTC Vive.”

SportsBar VR is currently available for £10.04 (GBP) from £14.99.

Eternity Warriors VR

Compatibility: Windows Mixed Reality, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift

One for virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR), this Early Access title from Vanimals Games has its roots outside of VR. The original Eternity Warriors having launched six years ago on smartphones. Since that time it has had three sequels and this version looks to continue the first-person hack and slash tradition.

Previewing the title back in September VRFocus described it as “a hoot” and you can get Eternity Warriors at 20% off on Steam until December 12th 2017. With a price of £8.79 (GBP) from £10.99.

Lucid Trips

Compatibility: HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

The developers describe Lucid Trips as “a Virtual Reality experience which takes places in planetary dream worlds. You explore an artistically designed surrounding with a completely new concept, defining and navigating your avatar in a distinctive way, using hand motion controllers.”

Another Early Access videogame, it is available at £2.79 (GBP) from £5.59 – or half price – until December 7th.

The Wizards

Compatibility: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality

Another Early Access videogame, this time from Carbon Studios and set in a land of magic and enchantment. You, the player, take on the role of a young sorcerer tasked with defending the realm from an army of rampaging creatures. You’ll need to rely on your magical arsenal of elemental spells (lightning bolts, fireballs, etc) and your defensive skills in order to survive and expell the foul orcs and goblins threatening your home.

Presently available at £11.99 (GBP) from £14.99, The Wizards is currently discounted on Steam by 20% until December 7th 2017.

Titanic VR

Compatibility: HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

A relatively new release on Steam, the title by Immersive VR Education takes you underwater to explore the wreck of the famed passenger liner. Discover secrets, artefacts and unlock upgrades to go deeper inside the once thought ‘unsinkable’ vessel.

Titanic VR is available on Steam for £11.69 (GBP), a 40% discount.

Unknightly

Compatibility: HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

A title we’re actually yet to feature on VRFocus, but one we’ll no doubt be looking at in the future. Developers Portal Studios describe the title as “a medieval VR stealth game designed from the ground up for VR. You play the role of a former member of the Knight’s Order. You have thrown betrayed and thrown into prison by someone very close to you. But by who? Hungry for revenge and fortune you seek to uncover the identity of those who double-crossed you, gain insight into their motives and eventually set the record straight.”

Currently in Early Access, Unknightly has a 40% discount on its regular price of £15.49 until December 7th. Meaning you can pick it up for only £9.29.

Space Panic: Room Escape

Compatibility: HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

As the name likely suggests Space Panic: Room Escape is a VR escape room videogame, developed by Xefier Games. Set in the future aboard a space station, your freedom is at stake and you’ll need to solve a number of fiendish puzzles in order to secure your escape.

Space Panic: Room Escape can be purchased through Steam for £3.49 (GBP), 30% off its regular cost of £4.99.

November 27, 2017

Preview: Titanic VR – Historical Education Comes Alive Beneath the Waves

Ask anyone to name a shipwreck and there’s a very good chance the HMS Titanic will be mentioned. The tragic sinking back in 1912 cost over 1,400 people their lives, becoming one of the world’s worst maritime disasters. Because of the loss of life, the grandeur of the vessel and the way it went down, the story of the Titanic has been told countless times, through books, films, and now virtual reality (VR). Immersive VR Education – the team behind Apollo 11 VR – decided to recreate the sunken ship (which wasn’t found until 1985) in VR as a means to educate players through an immersive entertainment format.

Currently available via Steam Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, Titanic VR takes you to the deep dark depths of the Atlantic ocean, so you can get up close to one of the world’s most famous ships, recreated that well that you almost want to reach out and touch it.

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Currently the experience is split into two areas – with more to follow as development continues – the main campaign and a free-roaming exploration mode. The campaign follows a story arc in which you play Dr. Ethan Lynch, Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the fictional University of Nova Scotia. With funding from a mysterious investor, Dr. Lynch and his PhD Candidate Jean Robinson set out aboard a research vessel to dive the wreck and answer questions that have remained unanswered for a century.

In this early play through the campaign has two parts, the first is inside a submersible which you can manoeuvre around the Titanic. Then as missions decree you put a VR headset on to control a small ROV to get you inside the ship. When you find items you then head back to the surface for the second part, cleaning and unlocking the clues that these sunken objects hold.

Without a doubt the best part of Titanic VR is exploring the ship using the submersible and ROV. Controls are easy enough, to maintain realism and immersion the submersible controls are a set of levers in front of you, enabling you to twist the craft, ascend or descend, then move forwards, backwards and side to side (strafing). As with a real sub nothing is fast, everything is methodical and timely. It’s this pace, alongside the often eerie – but beautiful – music, that makes Titanic VR dramatic and awe inspiring. The first time Titanic appears out of the dark gloom is a magical moment, slowly sweeping down the hull looking at all the detail Immersive VR Education has put into the ship.

Then having the ability to inspect the wreck even closer with the ROV is great, but it does have a limited range so you can’t go wandering off too far. It does have two robotic arms so you can pick up things yet there’s not a great deal to interact with inside the Titanic itself – it has been on the seabed for a century.

Once objects in the campaign have been collected and brought to the surface they then need to be cleaned in particular baths of chemicals so they don’t degrade. This is the more mundane part of the experience – and the part that evolves the story – so you’ll likely try to get through it as quickly as possible to head back down.

Luckily if all you want to do is explore the Titanic then you can do at your own leisure using the free roam mode. Which is where a lot of players are going to spend their time.

This maybe an early access title but Titanic VR already feels highly polished. There were a couple of buggy moments but nothing too bad that it ruined the experience. Quite frankly, if this is the way VR education is heading it’s time to become a student again, and VRFocus will be keeping a close eye on development.

November 27, 2017December 7, 2018

[Update]: Titanic VR für PlayStation VR (PSVR) im PlayStation Store erschienen

[Update]:

Titanic VR ist ab sofort für 19,99 Euro für PlayStation VR (PSVR) im PlayStation Store erhältlich.

[Update vom 15. November 2018]:

Die Konsolenversion von Titanic VR erscheint offiziell am 22. November für PlayStation VR (PSVR) in USA und Kanada und eine Woche später in Europa, wie die Verantwortlichen per Kickstarter verkünden.

[Originalartikel vom 27. November 2017]:

Das Desaster um die tragische Jungfernfahrt des Passagierschiffs Titanic bietet seit jeher Stoff für zahlreiche Filme und Geschichten. Das Entwicklerteam Immersive VR Education veröffentlichte zu Beginn des Jahres eine Kickstarter-Kampagne für ihre immersive VR-Erfahrung Titanic VR, welche ihr Finanzierungsziel relativ zügig erreichte. Nun veröffentlichten die Entwickler die Früchte ihrer Arbeit in einer Early-Access-Version für Oculus Rift und HTC Vive auf Steam.

Titanic VR – Erkundet das versunkene Wrack in interaktiver VR-Umgebung

In der interaktiven und edukativen VR-Erfahrung dürft ihr in die Schuhe des Dr. Ethan Lynch schlüpfen – ein Professor für maritime Archäologie – der mit seinem Assistenten gemeinsam das Wrack der Titanic erforscht. Man hat die Wahl, dem liebevoll gestalteten Story-Modus zu folgen oder sich völlig frei durch die Umgebung zu bewegen, um dem eigenen Forscherdrang nachzugehen. Dabei gibt es allerlei zu tun, denn das verlassene Schiff ist voll mit interaktiven Elementen, Missionen und Gegenständen sowie Artefakten, die es gilt, aufzusammeln oder zu nutzen.

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Um den Spielern eine besonders immersive Erfahrung zu gewährleisten, stellten die Entwickler eine realistische 3D-Nachbildung des Schiffs nach, nutzten ein Motion-Capture-System, Gesichtserkennungstechnologie und stellten professionelle Synchronsprecher zur Vertonung ein.

Insgesamt 14 verschiedene Missionen umfasst der Early-Access-Titel zur Veröffentlichung. Diese sind unterteilt in sieben Tauch- und Labormissionen, wobei weitere Inhalte in zukünftigen Patches hinzukommen sollen.

Außerdem soll in einem zukünftigen Update eine Nachstellung der Katastrophe eingeführt werden, in der die Spieler die Rolle von Überlebenden einnehmen und den Untergang des Schiffs am eigenen Leben nachempfinden können. Die Entwickler haben hierfür Aussagen von Augenzeugen aufgenommen und andere Nachforschungen betrieben, um das Geschehen möglichst realistisch abbilden zu können. Dadurch sollen die Nutzer sowohl weitergebildet werden, als auch ein tieferes Verständnis für die Tragödie entwickeln.

Titanic VR ist für 24,99 Euro für [amazon_textlink asin=’B073X8N1YW’ text=’Oculus Rift’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’vrne-21′ marketplace=’DE’ link_id=’5e74efaf-d36c-11e7-95e6-b1ec31e99fc6′] und [amazon_textlink asin=’B01GG2FMV2′ text=’HTC Vive’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’vrne-21′ marketplace=’DE’ link_id=’661c517e-d36c-11e7-9aa2-9796422dcfdf’] auf Steam erhältlich. Eine Veröffentlichung im Oculus Store sowie eine Adaption für die PlayStation VR (PSVR) sind ebenso in Planung. Wir werden euch über weitere Neuigkeiten diesbezüglich auf dem Laufenden halten.

(Quellen: VR Focus | Immersive VREducation | Video: Immersive VREducation Youtube)

Der Beitrag [Update]: Titanic VR für PlayStation VR (PSVR) im PlayStation Store erschienen zuerst gesehen auf VR∙Nerds. VR·Nerds am Werk!

November 25, 2017

Explore the World’s Most Famous Shipwreck as Titanic VR Sails onto Steam Early Access

In January Immersive VR Education – the team behind Apollo 11 VR – launched a Kickstarter campaign to create a virtual reality (VR) experience called Titanic VR, successfully completing the funding in March. Now the studio has announced the release of an early access version on Steam for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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Being interactive players will be able to follow the storyline, or explore the wreck in an open sandbox mode. They can navigate around and inside the wreck using their submersible and ROV, completing bonus missions such as rescuing a lost ROV, creating a photo mosaic, placing research equipment, and working with a world-famous Director. Additionally, players will need to clean and preserve recovered artefacts, upgrade the ROV, and learn all there is to know about this infamous wreck.

“We’ve used comprehensive maps to create a realistic 3D model of the wreck site. We used motion capture, face-scanning technology and professional voice actors to immerse users in the story. We wanted to create an accurate portrayal of events so that it is not only educational, but also emotionally engaging,” said David Whelan, CEO Immersive VR Education Ltd in a statement.

The early access version features seven dive missions and seven lab missions, with additional content to be added over the course of the next 6 to eight months. Immersive VR Education will also create an animated 1912 experience based on historically accurate recreation of events, from eye-witness testimony and substantial research. This will be released at a later date.

Titanic VR is available for purchase on Steam for £19.49, supporting both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. A version will be released via Oculus Store in the future and a PlayStation VR version is in the works as well.

VRFocus will continue its coverage of Titanic VR, reporting back with the latest updates.

April 16, 2017

Titanic VR Releases New Model Images for 105th Anniversary

105-years ago the RMS Titanic sank in the Atlantic ocean after hitting an iceberg. It’s one of the most famous maritime disasters with more than 1,500 people perishing. In January Immersive VR Education launched a Kickstarter campaign to recreate the wreck in virtual reality (VR), Titanic VR, successfully completing the funding in March. To mark the anniversary the developer has released several new model images.

As the team state on Kickstarter: “All the below images are still in pre-alpha state and do not represent what the finished game will look like but we hope they will give you a good sense of the level of detail we are trying achieve.”

The exterior images have been taken directly from Unity, while the individual assets from 3ds Max.

Immersive VR Education’s Titanic VR managed to raise €57,095 EUR from 883 backers, easily passing its €50,000 target. The project aims to offer several gameplay modes, providing both an interactive and learning experience in one. There will be a story campaign, a sandbox mode for complete freedom and a guided tour through the wreck.

If you fancy getting an early look at Titanic VR the studio’s created a teaser demo – downloadable from the Kickstarter page – that supports Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and standard PC monitors.

Titanic VR is scheduled for release in November 2017, for further updates on the project keep reading VRFocus.

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March 9, 2017

Titanic VR Succeeds In Meeting It’s Funding Goal

883 people have pledged €57,095 (EUR) to support the Titanic VR videogame on Kickstarter. The game is being developed by the team behind award-winning virtual reality (VR) experience Apollo 11.

Titanic VR is a combination of an exploration and treasure-hunting videogame with an educational historical experience. The game is divided into two parts, one part being a realistic exploration videogame where the player controls a submersible craft and descends into the ocean to explore the wreck of the Titanic and find interesting items. The second part puts the player within the events leading up to the famous disaster, using motion capture, facial scanning and professional voice actors to make the experience as immersive as possible.

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Backers of the Kickstarter can expect rewards ranging from a digital copy of the game for those that pledged €20 through to the opportunity to be named as producer in the credits and name one of the ROV submersibles that appear in the game for those that pledged €6,000.

Titanic VR is expected to be released for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR, but there will also be the option for a non-VR version for PC and PlayStation 4. The team are currently aiming for a November 2017 release date for all platforms.

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A teaser demo is available through the Kickstarter page for those who wish to learn more, though the team say it will not reflect the quality of the final product. The demo supports Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PC.

VRFocus will keep you up to date about Titanic VR and other VR Kickstarter projects.

January 31, 2017

Apollo 11 VR Experience Dev Launches Kickstarter for Titanic VR Project

Several months ago Immersive VR Education – the team behind award-winning experience Apollo 11 – announced it would be launching another Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign for its next virtual reality (VR) project, Titanic VR. One of the most iconic ships that ever existed, RMS Titanic, known around the world for its ill fated maiden voyage in 1912 across the Atlantic, will be recreated by the studio, and today the Kickstarter has begun to make it a reality.

For the VR experience Immersive VR Education isn’t just building a virtual version of the ship to wander around, its creating a whole storyline to involve players. “Diving to the bottom of the North Atlantic, the player takes on the role of Dr. Ethan Lynch, associate professor of Maritime Archaeology at the fictional University of Nova Scotia. With funding from a mysterious investor, Dr. Lynch and his PhD Candidate Jean Robinson have set out aboard a research vessel to dive the wreck and answer questions that have remained submerged for a century. Complete bonus missions, upgrade your ROV, and learn all there is to know about this infamous wreck,” the official description explains.

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The campaign aims to raise €50,000 EUR by 2nd March, with a range of funding tiers available. These start from €5, but to gain a copy of the experience you’ll need to pledge €20 or more. As with most Kickstarter projects the more you pledge the more you get, with higher tiers allowing greater involvement in the title. For example backers will have the opportunity to name an in game plaque (€105 tier), or how about having a portrait of yourself in a classic pose (€500 tier).

Titanic VR will be launched in sections with the first being exploratory. Players will be able to take control of their own manned submersible and ROV, exploring the wreck, completing various scientific missions and recovery tasks around the dive site. The second part will be the full immersive experience with an historically accurate recreation of the events, based on eye-witness testimony and substantial research.

If you fancy getting an early look at Titanic VR the studio’s created a teaser demo – downloadable from the Kickstarter page – that supports Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and standard PC monitors. For the final version of Titanic VR Immersive VR Education plans to add support for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR.

For further updates on the Titanic VR Kickstarter, keep reading VRFocus.

January 31, 2017

Apollo 11 VR Creators are Back With a Brand New Kickstarter: Titanic VR

The creators of the well-regarded Apollo 11 VR Experience are once again revving up to make history a cinematic event. The first experience from Immersive VR Education took you to the moon aboard Apollo 11. Now the startup is taking you from the highest of heights to the depths of the sea with its new project: Titanic VR.

If you liked Apollo 11 be sure to check out the Titanic VR Kickstarter page, which outlines bigger ambitions than its space-based predecessor with a $53,481 goal. Titanic VR invites viewers to “Experience the sinking. Explore the wreck. An educational and emotional experience for all ages.”

October 13, 2016

PlayStation VR and Gear VR Versions of Award Winning The Apollo 11 Experience Coming this Year

Its been awhile since the team behind The Apollo 11 VR Experience – Immersive VR Education – made any new announcements, but this week they’ve unveiled some interesting news. Not only has the project won awards but it’ll soon be coming to two new virtual reality (VR) platforms as well.

The Apollo 11 VR Experience is primarily designed around education, teaching users about what it’s like to go into space and the technical challenges the first astronauts faced. So its no surprise that the project recently won ‘Best Educational Experience’ at the recent 2016 Proto Awards in Hollywood.

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The team have also been working to bring the experience to more platforms, announcing that both PlayStation VR and Samsung Gear VR would be supported. Both versions are scheduled to launch later this year, and for backers of the Kickstarter project who pledged $10 USD or more they’ll get the Gear VR version completely free.

Immersive VR Education is also working on a brand new immersive project called Titanic VR, which VRFocus reported on last week. As the name and image suggest, this will be based on the famous ship that sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912. The project will allow users to explore the ship, controlling their own submarine and ROVs to head down into the dark depths, 12,500 feet under the North Atlantic Ocean. The developer will be running another Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to bring the experience to life. No details have been made available as to which platforms will be supported, so keep reading VRFocus for all the latest news when we get it.