Software:Everest VR
| Everest VR | |
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| Developer(s) | Solfar |
| Publisher(s) | Solfar |
| Release | 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Virtual reality |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Everest VR is an interactive media experience that simulates in virtual reality the ascent to the summit of Mount Everest.
Content
Everest VR is a virtual reality experience about two hours in length with no gameplay elements. The experience begins with a narration about Mount Everest and its dangerous Khumbu Icefall. The player crosses a metal ladder to cross a deep crevasse and proceeds up the mountain. Several detours quicken the player's ascension.[1]
Development
The Icelandic virtual reality content company Solfar developed Everest VR as one of two games for release in 2016. They constructed their virtual Everest using stereophotogrammetry, which used supercomputers to combine photographs taken from a variety of angles to generate a color, three-dimensional image in high resolution. The Icelandic special effects company Reykjavik Visual Effects (RVX) partnered with Solfar to complete the game.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 della Cava, Marco (2015-12-04). "Icelandic VR company brings you to 'Everest'" (in en-US). USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/12/04/icelandic-vr-company-brings-you-everest/76814764/.
Further reading
- Campbell, Colin (2015-11-10). "New VR tour will take you on a climb up Mount Everest" (in en-US). Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/2015/11/10/9707306/new-vr-tour-will-take-you-on-a-climb-up-mount-everest.
- Frank, Allegra (2016-02-03). "Everest VR dares you to look down from the world's highest peaks" (in en-US). Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/2016/2/3/10889818/everest-vr-demo-impressions-htc-vive.
- Hartup, Andy (2016-07-16). "'I climbed Mount Everest to learn the challenging truth of virtual reality'" (in en). GamesRadar. https://www.gamesradar.com/i-climbed-mount-everest-to-learn-the-challenging-truth-of-virtual-reality/.
- Kuchera, Ben (2016-08-02). "You can visit the top of Mount Everest for $25 (and a VR headset)" (in en-US). Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/virtual-reality/2016/8/2/12351370/everest-vr-htc-vive-steam.
- Mejia, Ozzie (2016-01-12). "Everest VR - hands-on at CES 2016 with HTC Vive" (in en). Shacknews. https://www.shacknews.com/article/92749/everest-vr---hands-on-at-ces-2016-with-htc-vive.
- Portillo, Esmeralda (2016-06-26). "E3 2016: Seeing the Potentials of Virtual Tourism Through Everest VR" (in en). IGN. https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/26/e3-2016-the-potentials-of-virtual-tourism-through-everest-vr.
- Warr, Philippa (2016-03-18). "Everest VR Puts You On Top Of The Mountain" (in en). Rock, Paper, Shotgun. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/everest-vr-impressions.
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