Spacetours VR - Ep1 The Solar System

I've been waiting a while for something like this where the experience has been designed with standing up in mind rather than sitting down. Travel to the Solar System planets in an instant and then hover over the planets and basically look at them and Space all round them; very nice and well made! Saturn looks massive in VR you can also check out the International Space Station close up. My only gripe is I can't have a closer look at the Moon as it's not a Planet but that would be an awesome edition in a one off capacity! My setup is using GTX1080 and 1.4 super sampling and it now works fine after latest update - you probably can go a little higher and that's what I'm gonna do later... I think families and people who are new to VR would like this program as a 'look at what VR can do' sorta program, and also for people who just like looking at Space stuff.

Wunderschöner Kurztrip (nach ca. 30 min hat man alles gesehen) in den Weltraum. Die Grafik wirkt in etwa so wie auf den Screenshots (wie man das kennt = etwas verwaschener). Läuft bei mir absolut flüssig (i5 6600k, gtx 980ti, 16gb ddr4, Win 10). Man befindet sich in einer Raumkapsel und kann verschiedene Planeten ansteuern. An der ISS wird es einem auch ermöglicht, die Kapsel zu verlassen und sich auf verschiedene Plattformen zu begeben (denke das könnte bei anfälligen Personen zu "motion sickness" führen). Wer den Weltraum mag wird mit diesem Erlebnis-Spiel zufrieden sein. Einfach schön entspannend. Wer Action sucht oder ein richtiges Spiel, der sollte sich Spacetours VR definitiv nicht kaufen. Punkte: 7,5/10

I was a disappointed with this Space Tour showcase and actually thought that maybe some of its features weren't actually working for me but no, it operates as intended. Good: -Good visuals and sound effects -Has the wow factor when the ship walls dematerialise Bad: -Control system is confusing, buttoms on the control panel don't actually have any function, other functions like toggling ship visibility seems to operate at random. -NO INFO about planets, moons, satellites at all, not even a label, save the title of the planet on the control panel!!?? -No ability to fly around the chosen planet, you're just parked in orbit in a spaceship/platform with no movement controls!? -Help menu says laserpointer triggers 'Events' I've yet to see or hear any event; it wouldn't be hard to add more information to make this app informative and more fulfilling - its almost there developer

Spacetours Ep1 is a gateway to space. As the name states, it is an interactive space tour of our Solar System, and it is the user experience that gets a recommendation from me. I felt like a kid going to the planetarium for the first time, and it woke up a sense of wonder in me. The panel used to read the objects information is well thought off and adds a lot to the experience. The only real distraction for me was the "god rays" with my Rift but that is more of a hardware problem that might not even bother Vive users. I noticed them most at first and from time to time again, there might be some tweaks the developer could try just for us people using the Rift, and it would make this app so much better. For me, it was a good investment, just because of the set of emotions that brought back my younger self and me being a space geek. It's a great no frills app to lose yourself a bit and to show your VR gear to somene else. It's the first time I let my 7 year old daughter try the Rift and she was ten times more amazed at the sense of presence than me. She would almost yell at every planet she visited or nrely discovered interaction she tried. One more point to add, and this is all relative. I love Titans of Space, and yet this being a newer and maybe less mature app, I felt that the user experience and interactivity are better in Spacetours VR. Even my daughter asked me to let her in Spacetours after trying Titans of Space and that is as honest as it can get on the interactivity of this app. I see some negative reviews. Everyone has a right to their own opinion, I would just ask them to reevaluate their recommendation after updating the app to the latest version. If it's still not their cup of tea, then to each their own. Some ideas to make it better: Adding more content, allow more display settings customization like resolution, IQ and even being able to reduce the amount of stars visible. I see a lot of potential in this first rendition of Spacetours VR. I'm looking forward to seeing more conent in this app, along with other experiences from this developer. IMO, it will only get better.

This tops my outer/inner space collection. A+ I love the atmosphere of this game. If you enjoy VR tourism I also recommend The Grand Canyon VR Experience.

Simply FANTASTIC! I will never forget the first time I floated in space near those planets. I actually yelled out of fear and awe. This is where VR really shines.

Great short but detailed tour of the solar system for any space nerds or children learning about space! Spent most of my time in the experiences messing around with the panels or just staring at the vastness of the planets. Positives: - Great sound design - Beautiful models - Detailed information - Very atmospheric - Fun event triggers Negatives - Quite short for the price (fyi I got this for free) - Large planet renders got a bit bitty on my headset As virtual tours go, this one has been one of my favourites so far.

Solar system is just beautiful....That is as far as I can say about this experience. Compared to Discovering Space, this doesn't even come close. This is a self guided tour with VERY loose controls. Grab objects to start events...What events? All that appeared were bullet points highlighting specific interests, is that what you are calling an 'event'...Should be labelled touch for more information. Such a shame. If this was similar to Discovering space, where the tours actually take you on a guided tour of all the planets, with voiceover I might add, similar to when I visited a PLanetarium when I was young, then I could recommend this as an enjoyable experience...However after just a few minutes exploring, I had more than enough...

This is a nice "visit the planets" kind of experience. You do get to see some details about the planet and moons and some probes. The graphics were nice and there was a nice futuristic feel to it with your travel pod and controls. I had two main gripes about it though: 1. I wish the female voice read the fact sheets out loud but she doesn't. 2. I wish we could have visited all the major moons and other objects up close. This was a good VR experience and what was done was done pretty well but it was skimpy on content and places to travel. I am going to give it a thumbs up because it is a nice quick tour and good for the kids to do and even teachers use for their class. But I will say this is not worth more than $5 tops. The price needs to come down in my opinion or add more places to travel: moons;asteroid belts;pluto and its known neighbors; a view from voyager of the solar system. Recent first play video here: https://youtu.be/CzVug9B7CMc

It's still a bit buggy, barely tolerable, but the in-game visuals make it up for those bugs.