Perhaps one advantage of virtual reality that's being overlooked is its educational value. While we're all hoping to see PlayStation VR augmented with some awesome gaming experiences, the format will hopefully end up flush with some scholastic software, too. Apollo 11 looks to be the first of these: an authentic space-based voyage where you'll journey to the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
This appears to be a barely interactive experience, whereby you'll simply be a passenger on one of the most famous journeys of all time. The developer's worked with NASA to both accurately render the insides of Apollo 11, and obtain all of the original sounds and flight data. Sure, it's not something that you're going to want to play multiple times, but at the right price, we'll be all over stuff like this.
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Hnnnnnnnnnngh!
Can we play this without the vr?
This is going to be incredible! I'm totally down with people making more of these. What other historical moments should be done like this?
I'm a little unsure on the whole VR experience. I bought the Gear VR to test the waters and whilst it's a great gadget it's nothing more then a gimmick. I can only enjoy it in short bursts as it hurts my eyes so perhaps that is affecting my opinion a little but I don't see it adding enough to gaming to warrant 4-500 pounds
Seen this on the Rift a while ago. I would definitely like to try it for myself.
I was really looking forward to PSVR until I saw the HTC Vive. The Vive blows everything else out of the water.
If the PSVR is priced high and the games don't jump out at me, I may put my money towards building a gaming PC instead and get the Vive down the line. That is looking like the only true VR experience at the minute.
@themcnoisy Very unlikely.
This sound fantastic! It might not be the most interactive game, but it could be a fantastic experience to be part of through VR.
@Pinkman I'm not sure Gear is comparable to the other headsets.
I'm too down for this though. I can see them doing like a pack of these where you can go to each of the terrestrial planets and maybe the bigger moons of the gas giants. At the very least I'd like to see one where you go to Mars.
This is the same dev as Titans Of Space which i want more than anything....
I wrote to him and asked about the possibility of ToS appearing on PSVR and he said that if Apollo 11 is a sucess he will ask Sony...
So there is hope..if you havnt seen ToS, you are in for a treat. I believe it could sell VR to even the most cynical.
Something like this could open an entirely new way of looking at things. Imagine being able via vr to walk around dealy plaza during the JFK parade, to be at pearl harbor or d day, to storm normandy, so many crucial parts of history that one could experience, maybe not be particularly interactive, but to get the closest sense of being there, to see it, is a truly powerful thing.
This just sold me on PSVR. It's it's $500 or less, I'm getting it at launch.
@Comrade44 Yes, but because we didn't get to start until launch day, we're deciding to take our time with it. Here are some first impressions: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/03/hands_on_the_divisions_a_clinical_but_compelling_ps4_shooter
could be interesting
Awesome
Applications like this are what is going to drive VR into the mainstream IMO. I commented on another thread previously how important VR will become to education, travelling, medical fields and many others in the future. This is the first step, for mankind no less, and hopefully proceeds a giant leap in VR ingenuity in the near future.
@Pinkman Gear is to the other three headsets what phone games are to AAA gaming on consoles, not really comparable.
Wow super! Definitely will buy psvr for < 500 $ ať launch with this type of games
Just beware of the riffled crisps.
Should be fun...
@Churchy Haha! Do do do do do chomp-chomp chomp-chomp.
Sony must know how much money they will make off of me in these VR experiences. I'm buying everything at launch
Since I turned 4 when man first walked on the moon I've always felt a connection to this, but I think Apollo 13 would make for a much more interesting game. Probably saving that for the sequel?
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