Titanic VR on Quest adds wreck tours and OceanGate memorial
Titanic VR now offers guided tours. The wreck of the submarine Titan and a memorial plaque commemorate the OceanGate tragedy.
Titanic VR for Meta Quest was released two weeks ago. In my brief review, I praised the virtual dive to the wreck, which skillfully combines educational content with gameplay elements and lasts about four hours.
The Quest version has now received its first update, which improves performance and introduces the shipwreck tours from the PC VR original (released in 2018). You can choose between a short and a long tour of 10 and 40 minutes respectively.
I tried them out and think they are a great addition to the base game. During the tour, the submarine moves autonomously around some of the most interesting parts of the bow. A voice-over provides background information—for example, you'll learn how the evacuation took place while seeing the relevant areas on the deck in front of you. Both tours are limited to the bow and do not include the more heavily damaged stern, which lies further away.
During the tours, you’ll learn many details about the Titanic that are not covered in the base game. They are also great for demonstration purposes, as users don’t have to operate the submarine themselves and can focus on the experience.
OceanGate memorial
Another new addition is a digital memorial to the OceanGate tragedy (Wikipedia). About 250 meters from the bow of the digital Titanic is a memorial plaque and the wreck of the submarine Titan (the real submarine is about twice as far from the bow). To find the site, you can follow the red marker in Titanic VR's exploration mode.
In the next four to six weeks, a historical experience will be added that will take users back to 1912. Like the wreck tours, this narrative experience is part of the PC VR version and will need to be optimized for Meta Quest before being released as a free update.
Anyone interested in the Titanic should check out National Geographic's recent documentary Titanic: The Digital Resurrection. It looks at a research project that used over 715,000 high-resolution images and 16 terabytes of scan data of the Titanic to create a 1:1 scale digital twin of the ship. The extensive scan provides new insights into the ship's sinking.
Titanic VR is available in the Horizon Store and on Steam.
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