Historium VR - Relive the history of Bruges

Historium VR - Relive the history of Bruges
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84
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56.25
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$7.99
Release date
2 December 2016
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84 (25 votes)

The VR experiences takes the user on an immersive journey along the trading routes in the 15the century. You can sail, row, fly, explore and interact to learn about the history of Bruges! Available for Arcades on SpringboardVR

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Historium VR - Relive the history of Bruges system requirements

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  • OS: Windows 7+
  • Processor: Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 equivalent or higher
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
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PK
PK

If you're a student of history, and have a few bucks to spare, I'd recommend this despite it not being totally polished. I got a sense of the place and the time, and a few visualized facts that made the experience worth it for me. I would have liked the story mode to be one continuous boat ride through the canal, with more characters to watch, a bit of intrigue even. Still though I liked it and hope we get a lot more of these soon.

vtjordan
vtjordan

Awesome! History lessons via VR. The graphics and movement are great and you really caught me off-gaurd with the opening scene. Very enjoyable. This is a great way to experience history and have the knowledge stay with you. Very nicely done. More please. :-)

DDayDaan
DDayDaan

Very nicely done. Especially for me because I know Bruges very well. This is definitely the future of history lessons. App works fine. Just a pitty that it's so short. You pay 14,99 for a 10min history lesson.

Tonybyte
Tonybyte

Currently, history VR like this is probably the closest we can come to feeling like we are going back in time. I hope for more educational experiences like this. The textures and scenery in this are nice. For this price, I feel it should be longer with more content. By the way, that barge captain is a giant. :D

Philanthropy
Philanthropy

Cool little experience. The visuals are impressive with lots of detail. The lighting and shadows look great and I like the night time setting. The narrator gives a great lesson on the city too. The scale of the boat guide dude was a little too big though.

For the price it's a tad short. I can tell a lot of work probably went into the game but unfortunately people's expectations for VR are only going higher and higher each day. I mention that in my overview below. Somewhere under $10 will probably have a lot more people at least trying the game.

My overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ZY_8OJmUE

TheDaveL9393
TheDaveL9393

This really is basically an Epcot ride in VR. It is short, yes, but I was rather taken by it. People with kids older than 5 or 6 would benefit from this format if it continues. Great way of learning. I think an hour long version of something like this would rock. There are a million historical subjects that could be easily adapted.

Cromern
Cromern

Really short, but nice. Not worth the full price, but good to pick up on a sale.

Awesome!
Awesome!

Get it for $5 for less. Too short to justify any price above that.

radpipes
radpipes

I thought the "game" was ok for $8. What I couldn't understand was the narrator pronouncing Bruges as "Brew-jess". I've always heard it pronounced "Broozh". The internet says this is correct also, so it must be true.

Skyman19
Skyman19

This is a good history tour, Would be cool if it had multuple history tours, not just Bruges

Kris.vdv
Kris.vdv

For some reason, I didn't expect too much of this title, but being from Belgium, I just had to give it a try. Well, it turned out to be a very immersive and beautiful experience and I only wish it had more content. I might have paid more attention to the history classes, back in school, if they would have had VR back in those days.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Thoroughly enjoyed the experience and hope there are many more to come and developed to include some more interactivity. Amazing way to experience and learn history.

KingBobCat
KingBobCat

This experience (I have no better word for it) was one of the things that inspired me to get a Samsung Mixed Reality headset. (I was very reluctant as I was concerned with motion sickness, but have felt no ill effects, FYI...) All I can say is that while very short, this is an absolutely amazing experience (there I go again)! I love historical games and this is like a dream come true to be so immersed in a historical environment like this! I only hope that some day soon, there will be full games made like this that very interactive! This is mind boggling!

FastLawyer
FastLawyer

Experienced on the Oculus Rift

This is really 2 educational experiences about the history of Bruges. The main one is a guided, on-rails narrated cinematic experience. You're basically transported into different scenes of the journey starting from out to sea going into Bruges. Whole thing is about 10 minutes long. You can interact with some objects. The physics are surprisingly pretty good on the items you can pick up. However, you only see your motion controllers on the Oculus Rift (versus the avatar hands seen on the store page video / screenshots).

The other experience is more focused on the history with a brief audio tidbit on the location. This is a more static experience as you're no longer on rails. You're free to look around at the locale. On the Oculus Rift, I could not pick up any objects in this mode, except for the archery. Yes, in one of the scenes, you can get a bow & arrow and shoot at targets. It works surprisingly well, but it's just static targets. Please be warned that you have to click down on your joystick and press trigger to make menu selections in this section of the game. You then have to manually exit and restart at the end of each scene. This really makes the experience a bit frustrating.

I only paid 79 cents USD during a Steam sale. I think it's worth it for that price. Not sure it's worth the $7.99 USD normal price though. The graphics are good considering how old this title is. It's running on the Unity Engine.

Rate 6/10.

Nyri0
Nyri0

I really wanted to enjoy this experience because I believe that VR can make history really fun to learn, and I appreciate the effort. But the ugly textures, empty places, lack of interactivity, and shortness don't make it worth the price.

Ondenus
Ondenus

For the full price? Definitely not worth it. For the .79€ I paid for it in 90% discount? Why not. A piece of history, clunkily made for VR into a short but enjoyable educational journey through Bruges.

nybsfp
nybsfp

This is pretty neat for one of the older VR experiences. It is simply a quick journey from Sea to port and through the city in Medieval times. But you can get a great feel of the atmosphere even if brief. Going back to each location adds a bit extra info and some minor interaction as well.

c6jones720
c6jones720

This is pretty good. I played it on an oculus quest 2 wirelessly, with roomscale boundary. You can't use the controllers to move, but you can use them to make menu choices, and move around by actually walking. If you like historical VR experiences this one is pretty cool, with great graphics, and interesting history.