PlanetariumVR
hublab · 2021 · Casual, Simulation, Indie, Science, Space
PC
7 user reviews71% · 7
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About PlanetariumVR
Messier Challenge & Star Challenge
Learn the positions of the 110 objects from the Messier catalog.
Learn the positions of 103 bright stars.
Star Sweeper
Play Star Sweeper - like the Minesweeper - in a giant sphere in virtual reality under the night sky.
Gallery mode
Explore hundreds of images representing deep sky objects, such as nebulae and galaxies.
Planetarium
With light pollution, it is getting more difficult to fully appreciate the night sky, see the constellations, and determine the position of deep sky objects, from our pale blue dot. With this planetarium, you can learn and appreciate the beauty of a dark night sky. Amateur astronomers can prepare their observations by having a real sense of where deep sky objects are through virtual reality, without relying on a GoTo mount.
"Astronomy compels the soul to look upward, and leads us from this world to another." Plato, The Republic, 342 BCE.
Key features
- 41375 stars (apparent magnitude < 8)
- The planets of the Solar system and the Moon.
- 88 constellations
- Deep Sky Object Catalogs: Messier (110), Caldwell (109), and Herschel 400 (400), NGC (7840), IC (5386) , Arp (338), Sharpless-2 (313)
- Deep Sky Object images from surveys:
- Original Digitized Sky Survey
- 2nd Digitized Sky Survey (Red)
- 2nd Digitized Sky Survey (Blue)
- 2nd Digitized Sky Survey-Near Infrared
- Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Action
Point to objects in the sky to get information.
- Valve Index: Trigger
- HTC Vive: Trigger
- Oculus Touch: Trigger
Playlist
Music of J.S. Bach, Beethoven, G. Mahler, A. Dvorak, M. Mussorgsky, M. Ravel, and I. Stravinsky for relaxing.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Mostly a collection of space pictures with classical music in the background.. VR content is lacking everywhere. Not even a clear visible model of the solar system.. a pretty big disappointment.9 found this helpful
[h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift[/h1] [i]Please note: I received a free Steam key through the Steam Curator Connect program.[/i] You can view my video gameplay & initial impressions here: https://youtu.be/oj0HVAklP1Q I honestly don't know enough about the subject matter to be able to properly review this app. This is a planetarium app for VR. You can see the night sky from whatever time, location that you choose. You can add a landscape to your view or completely eliminate it. You can see the different magnifications of the night sky, along with some different filters, such as a city view or a completely perfect night sky magnified times 8. There's deep sky catalogs for Herschel 400, Caldwell, & Messier. I had never heard of them prior. But basically they are photographs of those particular areas of the night sky, obviously magnified so you can see them with the naked eye. This is point and click navigation. You can see the night sky all around you. You can choose to have different grids showing to guide your view or you can completely turn them off. You can choose to have constellations highlighted for you, or you can turn them off. I do wish the navigation were smoother…8 found this helpful
Game received from ViveVR groups curator program see bottom of review to join. Video Review and gameplay: https://youtu.be/f16o_cLJRB8?t=2760 Ok it is far too technical for me but then I'm not into astronomy but if you are and like the technical side of stargazing then this is a good VR app for you. Follow the VR curator group: Steam Curator group: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/23133713/ Join The Steam VR group: Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/HTCVIVEVR ************************************ Subscribe to my VR gameplay videos: https://goo.gl/YhYn7y Most recent uploads click here: https://goo.gl/R41Hfk6 found this helpful
i really like this :) living in so cal makes looking at the night sky tough but this is very relaxing and nice even without going into specific details dev updates based on feedback too2 found this helpful
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