Galactic Center VR

Galactic Center VR

Instituto de Astrofísica, PUC de Chile · March 24, 2020 · Free to Play, Casual, Simulation, VR, Space

Galactic Center VR is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About Galactic Center VR

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Galactic Center VR lets you explore a NASA supercomputer simulation of the region around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's center, flying through stellar winds and X-ray emissions that astronomers can only detect from Earth through telescopes. Created by professional astrophysicists, it offers multiple viewing modes to study orbiting stars and their interactions up close, or scale it down to walk around the galactic center within your play space.

Free trip to the center of our Milky Way galaxy!

(Index, Rift, and WMR users: we are working on getting this working on your headsets and would appreciate any help as we only have a Vive. We put a discussion our community board about this: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1240350/discussions/0/2298472007785939739/ )

Done by professional astronomers, this VR experience takes you inside one of their NASA supercomputer simulations to within a few light years of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy. Besides the black hole, the simulation shows one of its important feeding sources: stellar winds that are blown into outer space from stars orbiting the black hole. These stellar winds slam into each other, heating the wind material to temperatures that are so hot -- tens of millions of degrees -- that they glow in X-rays. When viewed from Earth, these same X-rays are detected by telescopes in space, in particular NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The stars and their stellar winds are seen by ground-based telescopes in Chile, among other places, but the only way to get a close up view is to go there yourself in this app!

In Galactic Center VR, fly around the few-light-year region around Sagittarius A*, seeing the orbiting stars, their stellar winds, and the X-rays they emit. Or scale down the simulation so everything fits within your VR play area, allowing you to walk around the center of our galaxy. View the whole simulation in stellar winds only, X-rays only, or both, as well as check out the contribution from just one stellar wind at a time. There is also a tutorial explaining more about the simulation, which provides non-astronomers some pertinent background information.

This app was created by astrophysicists at the Instituto de Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in Santiago.

Galactic Center VR — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Apr 8, 2024
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Recommended Aug 25, 2026
Galactic Center VR is an unusual virtual reality experience that places education and scientific visualization ahead of conventional game design. Developed and published by Instituto de Astrofísica, PUC de Chile, it invites players to explore a representation of the central region of the Milky Way, where the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* resides. Rather than building its appeal around combat, objectives, scoring, or character progression, the experience uses VR as a tool for understanding astronomical phenomena that are otherwise almost impossible to appreciate at a human scale. The scientific foundation is easily its most distinctive quality. The virtual environment draws from astrophysical research and a supercomputer simulation of the region surrounding the galactic center. Players can observe stars moving around this extraordinary environment while examining the powerful stellar winds they produce. These winds interact with surrounding material and with one another, creating extremely hot gas capable of producing X-ray emissions. Concepts that can seem abstract when presented through equations, diagrams, or static images become easier to visualize when they are repres…
Recommended Nov 14, 2025
Игра Galactic Center VR — это настоящее погружение в космос! Яркие, детализированные планеты, величественные туманности и завораживающие космические корабли создают неповторимую атмосферу. Управление интуитивное, позволяет свободно перемещаться и взаимодействовать с окружением, будто ты действительно паришь среди звезд. Особенно впечатлили моменты, когда подлетаешь к черной дыре или пролетаешь сквозь пояс астероидов – адреналин зашкаливает! Графика на высоте, каждый взрыв сверхновой выглядит эпично. Миссии разнообразны, от исследования дальних уголков галактики до напряженных космических боев. Игра отлично подходит как для тех, кто хочет расслабиться и насладиться красотой космоса, так и для любителей динамичных приключений. VR-эффект работает превосходно, полностью погружает в происходящее. Ощущение масштаба просто поражает. Определенно стоит попробовать всем ценителям жанра!
Recommended Apr 21, 2024
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Recommended Mar 1, 2023
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