VRExperiences

Virtual Reality Experiences

This is a list of VR experiences ("Applications") that demonstrate a particular usage of virtual reality. These might be tools for the creation of three dimensional spaces, or for the training of a particular task, or for providing the user with an entertaining escape from physical reality.

The "experiences" listed here have been vetted by one or more members of the Indiana University Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL). We have also categorized them into groups of related experiences.

Many of these experiences are available for free (usually on the Steam store), others require a payment (generally one-time) for use. Several of the AVL steam accounts have paid-for experiences available. For some experiences (such as Google's "Tilt Brush"), the experience was paid for and is available on most of the Steam accounts. Other experiences are available only on one or two of the accounts.

Notes:

• We'll start with just some lists, and expand the descriptions and include images as we go along.
• When possible, we will link to related material for these experiences such as the Steam Store entry, and possible third party reviews.

Creation Experiences

• Google Tilt Brush ($20) — Tilt Brush on Steam Store
• Microsoft Maquette (-) — Maquette on Steam Store
• Gravity Sketch ($30) — Gravity Sketch on Steam Store
• Blocks by Google (-) — Blocks on Steam Store
• Mindshow (-) — Mindshow on Steam Store
• Soundstage (-) — Soundstage Steam Community Soundstage on Github

Simulation

• VR Robotics Simulator (untried)
• Short Circuit VR (-) (untried)

Training

• Speech Trainer (-) — Speech Trainer on Steam Store

Scientific/Mathematical Exploration Experiences

• ParaView VR Plugin (-) — Kitware Blog entry
• Nanome (-) — Nanome on Steam Store
• CalcFlow (-) — CalcFlow on Steam Store

Science Educational Experiences

Science Museum Style

• Edmersiv (-) — Edmersiv on Steam Store
• Lifeliqe VR Museum (-) — Lifeliqe on Steam Store

History of Science

• Titanic VR ($20) — Titanic VR on Steam Store
• Apollo 11 VR ($10) — Apollo 11 VR on Steam Store
• International Space Station Tour (-) —
• ObserVRtarium (-) — (untried)

Space/Astronomy Exploration

• Titans of Space 2.0 ($8) — Titans of Space 2.0 on Steam Store
• You Are Here ($3) — (untried)
• WebbVR: The James Webb Space Telescope Virtual Experience (-) — (untried)
• Spacetours VR ($7) — Ep. 1 The Solar System — (untried)
• We Are Stars ($10) — (untried) (360 movie)
• OVERVIEW: a Walk Through the Universe ($10)

Anatomy Exploration

• The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell (-) — Journey Inside a Cell on Steam Store
• The Body VR: Anatomy Viewer (-) (untried) — Anatomy Viewer on Steam Store
• 3D Organon VR Anatomy ($60) (untried) — 3D Organon VR Anatomy on Steam Store
• InCell VR (untried) (gamified learning)
• InMind VR (untried) (gamified learning)
• InMind 2 VR (untried) (gamified learning)
• Dissection Simulator: Frog Edition — comes out mid-April 2019
• The Physiology of the Eye ($15) (untried) —
• Experience: Colorblindness (-) — Experience: Coloblindness on Steam Store
• Crashcourse: Concussion Education Reimagined — not out yet
• The Enlightened League of Bone Builders and the Osseous Enigma (-) (untried) —
• GE Neuro (-) (untried, perhaps overhyped) —

Ecology Exploration

• Greenland Melting (-) — (narrative w/ some telehopping) Greenland Melting on Steam Store
• The Blu
• Living with Jaguars ($5) (untried, mixed reviews)
• Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience (-) (untried, mixed reviews)
• Kolb Antarctica Experience ($3) (untried, poor reviews) YouTube playthrough
• The Blank Canvas & Hacking Nature (-) (untried)

Scientific Methodology

• Titanic VR ($20) — Titanic VR on Steam Store
• HoloLab Champions ($10) — HoloLab Champions on Steam Store

Science Documentary/Advocacy

• Greenland Melting (-) — (narrative w/ some telehopping) Greenland Melting on Steam Store
• Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars (Advertisement) (-) — Pathways to Mars on Steam Store

Science Sandbox

• CalcFlow (-) — CalcFlow on Steam Store
• 4D Toys ($15) — 4D Toys on Steam Store
• Universe Sandbox 2 ($25) (untried) (n-body simulator)
• Chunky Orbits (untried) (n-body simulator)
• GeoGebra Mixed Reality (-) — (mixed reviews) GeoGebra on Steam Store
• Stonehenge VR Sandbox ($15) (untried) — Stonehenge on Steam Store

History Educational Experiences

• Titanic VR ($20) — Titanic VR on Steam Store
• Apollo 11 VR ($10) — Apollo 11 VR on Steam Store
• Hindenburg VR ($13) — Hindenburg VR on Steam Store

Cultural Experiences

• Sketchfab VR (-) — Sketchfab VR on Steam Store
• The VR Museum of Fine Art (-) — VR Museum of Fine Art on Steam Store
• Rome Reborn: Flight over Ancient Rome ($4) — Flight over Ancient Rome on Steam Store
• The Kremer Collection VR Museum ($10) — Kremer Collection on Steam Store
• VR Dunhuang ($10) — VR Dunhuang on Steam Store
• Boise Historic Nataorium (-) — Boise Historic Natatorium on Steam Store
• London Museum of Water & Steam (-) — London Museum of Water & Steam on Steam Store
• Edmonton Trolly Car ($6) — Edmonton Trolley Car on Steam Store
• The Grand Museum VR ($10) — The Grand Museum VR on Steam Store

Social Experiences

• Rec Room (-) — Rec Room on Steam Store
• AltspaceVR (-) — Altspace VR on the Steam Store
• BigScreen Beta (-)
• Tabletop Simulator
• VRChat (-) — VRChat on Steam Store

Narrative Experiences

• JauntVR (-)
• Allumette (-) — Allumette on Steam Store
• Google's Age of Sail
• Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars (Advertisement)

Narrative Experiences (interactive)

• Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine (-)
• Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay (-)

Media Player

• YouTube VR
• Simple VR Video Player
• Whirligig

Experiential Gaming

Carnival (mini) games

• VR Funhouse mini-games (-)
• The Lab mini-games (-)
• Skeet: VR Target Shooting

Puzzle games

• Fantastic Contraption
• Climbey
• Unseen Diplomacy
• A Fisherman's Tale ($15) — Fisherman's Tale on Steam Store
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter ($30 for VR) — Ethan Carter on Steam Store
• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• I Expect You to Die
• Waltz of the Wizard (-)

E-sports / Sports emulation

• Cloudlands (mini golf)
• Dream Golf VR

First Person Shooter (FPS) games

• Space Pirate Trainer
• Beat Saber
• SuperHot

Ride along experiences

(Do these belong under "narrative experiences"?)

• Epic Roller Coasters (-)

Sandbox play experiences

• Job Simulator
• Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet the Medic
• Richie's Plank

VR Tools

• fpsVR ($4) — fpsVR on Steam Store

Technology Demonstration

• SketchFab VR (also listed under Cultural)
• Welcome to Lightfields

Unclassified

• Google Earth VR
• Supermedium (Tool or Media Player?)
• IKEA VR Experience
• Prospect Pro

(the rest of these I (Bill) haven't tried, hence the unclassification)

• Insanity VR: Last Score
• B. Braun Future Operating Room
• Irrational Exuberance: Prologue
• The Wire
• Vintage VR
• Realities
• ENGAGE
• The Night Cafe
• SurrealVR
• Climbtime
• datavizVR
• Disco Destruction
• War Robots VR: The Skirmish
• Pinball Inside: A VR Arcade Game
• SYMMETRY alpha
• The Cubicle.
• Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment
• Quanero
• Funfair
• Lazerbait
• Virtual Pool 4 Multiplayer
• Accounting
• VRCapture
• Desert Bus VR
• Destinations
• Found
• Macunx VR
• Mouse Playhouse
• Path of Exile
• Portal Stories: VR
• Sharecase VR
• SNOW
• Alien Covenant in Utero
• Ship Ahoy Open BETA
• Blueshift
• Arch Virtual HQ
• OzGrind Virtual Reality Showroom
• VR Interior Designer Pro
• Desert Ride Coaster
• Pumpkin SculptrVR
• Cosmic Sugar VR
• The Price of Freedom
• Titanic VR Demo
• BasementVR
• Deadly Hunter VR
• Rubber Ball VR
• 7D Game (VR for VIVE)
• VR Gallery
• Broomball
• Leadwerks Game Launcher
• Dota 2
• Lucky Night: Texas Hold'em VR
• Merper VR
• Freedom Locomotion VR
• War Thunder
• Trapped With the Dolls VR

Non-free experiences on AVL Steam accounts

• "HMD" A-F & AVLSteamNN:
  • Tilt Brush
  • Simple VR Video Player
  • Fantastic Contraption
  • Job Simulator (not HMDs D,E)
  • Titanic VR
  • Apollo 11 VR
  • theBlu
  • Hindenburg VR (not HMDs A,D,E)
• D:
  • fpsVR
  • A Fisherman's Tale
  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  • Rome Reborn: Flight over Ancient Rome
  • 3D Organon Anatomy VIewer
  • Tabletop Simulator
• E:
  • fpsVR
  • The Kremer Collection
  • The Grand Museum VR
  • 3D Organon Anatomy VIewer
• F:
  • fpsVR
  • VR Dunhuang
  • Edmonton Trolly
• AVLSteam10
  • HoloLab
  • 4D Toys

Box file data

• [AVL Reality Station Folder https://iu.app.box.com/folder/48023433406]
• [AVL Reality Lab Data https://iu.app.box.com/file/283934393446]
• [STC Reality Lab Data https://iu.app.box.com/file/227326115456]
• [IUSTC pins https://iu.app.box.com/file/227326115456]