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This site hosts information on virtual reality systems that are geared toward scientific visualization, and as such often toward VR on Linux-based systems. Thus, pages here cover various software (and sometimes hardware) technologies that enable virtual reality operation on Linux.

The original IQ-station effort was to create low-cost (for the time) VR systems making use of 3DTV displays to produce CAVE/Fishtank-style VR displays. That effort pre-dated the rise of the consumer HMD VR systems, however, the realm of midrange-cost large-fishtank systems is still important, and has transitioned from 3DTV-based systems to short-throw projectors.

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== Creation Experiences ==
== Creation Experiences ==
* Google Tilt Brush ($20) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/327140/Tilt_Brush/ Tilt Brush on Steam Store]
* Google Tilt Brush ($20) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/327140/Tilt_Brush/ Tilt Brush on Steam Store]
* Microsoft Maquette (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/967490/Microsoft_Maquette/ Maquette on Steam Store]
* Gravity Sketch ($30) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/551370/Gravity_Sketch/ Gravity Sketch on Steam Store]
* Blocks by Google (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/533970/Blocks_by_Google/ Blocks on Steam Store]
* Mindshow (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/382000/Mindshow/ Mindshow on Steam Store]
* Soundstage (-) — [https://steamcommunity.com/app/485780 Soundstage Steam Community] [https://github.com/googlearchive/soundstagevr Soundstage on Github]
== Simulation ==
* VR Robotics Simulator (untried)
* Short Circuit VR (-) (untried)
== Training ==
* Speech Trainer (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/552770/Speech_Trainer/ Speech Trainer on Steam Store]
== Scientific/Mathematical Exploration Experiences ==
* ParaView VR Plugin (-) — [https://blog.kitware.com/taking-paraview-into-virtual-reality/ Kitware Blog entry]
* Nanome (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/493430/Nanome/ Nanome on Steam Store]
* CalcFlow (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/547280/Calcflow/ CalcFlow on Steam Store]


== Science Educational Experiences ==
== Science Educational Experiences ==
* The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/451980/The_Body_VR_Journey_Inside_a_Cell/ Journey Inside a Cell on Steam Store]
=== Science Museum Style ===
* The Body VR: Anatomy Viewer (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/579620/The_Body_VR_Anatomy_Viewer/ Anatomy Viewer on Steam Store]
* Edmersiv (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/542170/Edmersiv/ Edmersiv on Steam Store]
* Edmersiv (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/542170/Edmersiv/ Edmersiv on Steam Store]
* Lifeliqe VR Museum (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/526680/Lifeliqe_VR_Museum/ Lifeliqe on Steam Store]
=== History of Science ===
* Titanic VR ($20) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/741430/Titanic_VR/ Titanic VR on Steam Store]
* Apollo 11 VR ($10) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/457860/Apollo_11_VR/ Apollo 11 VR on Steam Store]
* International Space Station Tour (-) —
* ObserVRtarium (-) — (untried)
=== Space/Astronomy Exploration ===
* Titans of Space 2.0 ($8) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/468820/Titans_of_Space_20/ Titans of Space 2.0 on Steam Store]
* Titans of Space 2.0 ($8) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/468820/Titans_of_Space_20/ Titans of Space 2.0 on Steam Store]
* You Are Here ($3) — (untried)
* WebbVR: The James Webb Space Telescope Virtual Experience (-) — (untried)
* Spacetours VR ($7) — Ep. 1 The Solar System — (untried)
* We Are Stars ($10) —  (untried) (360 movie)
* OVERVIEW: a Walk Through the Universe ($10)
=== Anatomy Exploration ===
* The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/451980/The_Body_VR_Journey_Inside_a_Cell/ Journey Inside a Cell on Steam Store]
* The Body VR: Anatomy Viewer (-) (untried) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/579620/The_Body_VR_Anatomy_Viewer/ Anatomy Viewer on Steam Store]
* 3D Organon VR Anatomy ($60) (untried) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/548010/3D_Organon_VR_Anatomy/ 3D Organon VR Anatomy on Steam Store]
* InCell VR (untried) (gamified learning)
* InMind VR (untried) (gamified learning)
* InMind 2 VR (untried) (gamified learning)
* Dissection Simulator: Frog Edition — comes out mid-April 2019
* The Physiology of the Eye ($15) (untried) —
* Experience: Colorblindness (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/979100/Experience_Colorblindness/ Experience: Coloblindness on Steam Store]
* Crashcourse: Concussion Education Reimagined — not out yet
* The Enlightened League of Bone Builders and the Osseous Enigma (-) (untried) —
* GE Neuro (-) (untried, perhaps overhyped) —
=== Ecology Exploration ===
* Greenland Melting (-) — (narrative w/ some telehopping) [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1012510/Greenland_Melting/ Greenland Melting on Steam Store]
* The Blu
* Living with Jaguars ($5) (untried, mixed reviews)
* Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience (-) (untried, mixed reviews)
* Kolb Antarctica Experience ($3) (untried, poor reviews) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyEzeHLHJm8 YouTube playthrough]
* The Blank Canvas & Hacking Nature (-) (untried)
=== Scientific Methodology ===
* Titanic VR ($20) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/741430/Titanic_VR/ Titanic VR on Steam Store]
* HoloLab Champions ($10) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/696760/HoloLAB_Champions/ HoloLab Champions on Steam Store]
=== Science Documentary/Advocacy ===
* Greenland Melting (-) — (narrative w/ some telehopping) [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1012510/Greenland_Melting/ Greenland Melting on Steam Store]
* Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars (''Advertisement'') (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/608000/Buzz_Aldrin_Cycling_Pathways_to_Mars/ Pathways to Mars on Steam Store]
=== Science Sandbox ===
* CalcFlow (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/547280/Calcflow/ CalcFlow on Steam Store]
* 4D Toys ($15) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/619210/4D_Toys/ 4D Toys on Steam Store]
* Universe Sandbox 2 ($25) (untried) (n-body simulator)
* Chunky Orbits (untried) (n-body simulator)
* GeoGebra Mixed Reality (-) — (mixed reviews) [https://store.steampowered.com/app/880270/GeoGebra_Mixed_Reality/ GeoGebra on Steam Store]
* Stonehenge VR Sandbox ($15) (untried) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/457650/Stonehenge_VR_SANDBOX/ Stonehenge on Steam Store]


== History Educational Experiences ==
== History Educational Experiences ==
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== Cultural Experiences ==
== Cultural Experiences ==
* Sketchfab VR (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/464940/Sketchfab_VR/ Sketchfab VR on Steam Store]
* Sketchfab VR (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/464940/Sketchfab_VR/ Sketchfab VR on Steam Store]
* The VR Museum of Fine Art (-)
* The VR Museum of Fine Art (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/515020/The_VR_Museum_of_Fine_Art/ VR Museum of Fine Art on Steam Store]
* Rome Reborn: Flight over Ancient Rome ($4) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/947330/Rome_Reborn_Flight_over_Ancient_Rome/ Flight over Ancient Rome on Steam Store]
* The Kremer Collection VR Museum ($10) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/774231/The_Kremer_Collection_VR_Museum/ Kremer Collection on Steam Store]
* The Kremer Collection VR Museum ($10) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/774231/The_Kremer_Collection_VR_Museum/ Kremer Collection on Steam Store]
* The Grand Museum VR
* VR Dunhuang ($10) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/752200/VR_Dunhuang/ VR Dunhuang on Steam Store]
* Boise Historic Nataorium (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/980740/Boise_Historic_Natatorium/ Boise Historic Natatorium on Steam Store]
* London Museum of Water & Steam (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/896240/The_Grand_Museum_VR/ London Museum of Water & Steam on Steam Store]
* Edmonton Trolly Car ($6) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/701990/Edmonton_Trolley_Car/ Edmonton Trolley Car on Steam Store]
* The Grand Museum VR ($10) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/896240/The_Grand_Museum_VR/ The Grand Museum VR on Steam Store]


== Training ==
== Social Experiences ==
* Speech Trainer
* Rec Room (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/471710/Rec_Room/ Rec Room on Steam Store]
* AltspaceVR (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/407060/AltspaceVRThe_Social_VR_App/ Altspace VR on the Steam Store]
* BigScreen Beta (-)
* Tabletop Simulator
* VRChat (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/438100/VRChat/ VRChat on Steam Store]


== Simulation ==
== Narrative Experiences ==
* JauntVR (-)
* Allumette (-) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/460850/Allumette/ Allumette on Steam Store]
* Google's Age of Sail
* Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars (''Advertisement'')


== Scientific/Mathematical Exploration Experiences ==
== Narrative Experiences (interactive) ==
* Nanome
* Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine (-)
* CalcFlow
* Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay (-)


== Social Experiences ==
== Media Player ==
* Rec Room
* YouTube VR
* Altiverse
* Simple VR Video Player
 
* Whirligig
== Narrative Experiences ==
* Apollo 11 VR (-)


== Experiential Gaming ==
== Experiential Gaming ==
=== Carnival (mini) games ===
* VR Funhouse mini-games (-)
* VR Funhouse mini-games (-)
* The Lab mini-games (-)
* The Lab mini-games (-)
* Skeet: VR Target Shooting
=== Puzzle games ===
* Fantastic Contraption
* Climbey
* Unseen Diplomacy
* Unseen Diplomacy
* Richie's Plank
* Space Pirate Trainer
* A Fisherman's Tale ($15) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/559330/A_Fishermans_Tale/ Fisherman's Tale on Steam Store]
* A Fisherman's Tale ($15) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/559330/A_Fishermans_Tale/ Fisherman's Tale on Steam Store]
* The Vanishing of Ethan Carter ($30 for VR) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/258520/The_Vanishing_of_Ethan_Carter/ Ethan Carter on Steam Store]
* The Vanishing of Ethan Carter ($30 for VR) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/258520/The_Vanishing_of_Ethan_Carter/ Ethan Carter on Steam Store]
* Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
* I Expect You to Die
* Waltz of the Wizard (-)
=== E-sports / Sports emulation ===
* Cloudlands (mini golf)
* Dream Golf VR
=== First Person Shooter (FPS) games ===
* Space Pirate Trainer
* Beat Saber
* Beat Saber
* SuperHot
* SuperHot
* Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
=== Ride along experiences ===
* I Expect You to Die
:''(Do these belong under "narrative experiences"?)''
* Epic Roller Coasters (-)
* Epic Roller Coasters (-)
== Sandbox play experiences ==
* Job Simulator
* Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet the Medic
* Richie's Plank
== Meditative Experiences ==


== VR Tools ==
== VR Tools ==
* fpsVR
* fpsVR ($4) — [https://store.steampowered.com/app/908520/fpsVR/ fpsVR on Steam Store]
 
== Technology Demonstration ==
* SketchFab VR ''(also listed under Cultural)''
* Welcome to Lightfields


== Unclassified ==
== Unclassified ==
* Google Earth VR
* Google Earth VR
* Supermedium ''(Tool or Media Player?)''
* IKEA VR Experience
* IKEA VR Experience
* Prospect Pro
* Prospect Pro
* theBlu
: ''(the rest of these I (Bill) haven't tried, hence the unclassification)''
* Insanity VR: Last Score
* B. Braun Future Operating Room
* Irrational Exuberance: Prologue
* The Wire
* Vintage VR
* Realities
* ENGAGE
* The Night Cafe
* SurrealVR
* Climbtime
* datavizVR
* Disco Destruction
* War Robots VR: The Skirmish
* Pinball Inside: A VR Arcade Game
* SYMMETRY alpha
* The Cubicle.
* Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment
* Quanero
* Funfair
* Lazerbait
* Virtual Pool 4 Multiplayer
* Accounting
* VRCapture
* Desert Bus VR
* Destinations
* Found
* Macunx VR
* Mouse Playhouse
* Path of Exile
* Portal Stories: VR
* Sharecase VR
* SNOW
* Alien Covenant in Utero
* Ship Ahoy Open BETA
* Blueshift
* Arch Virtual HQ
* OzGrind Virtual Reality Showroom
* VR Interior Designer Pro
* Desert Ride Coaster
* Pumpkin SculptrVR
* Cosmic Sugar VR
* The Price of Freedom
* Titanic VR Demo
* BasementVR
* Deadly Hunter VR
* Rubber Ball VR
* 7D Game (VR for VIVE)
* VR Gallery
* Broomball
* Leadwerks Game Launcher
* Dota 2
* Lucky Night: Texas Hold'em VR
* Merper VR
* Freedom Locomotion VR
* War Thunder
* Trapped With the Dolls VR
 


= Non-free experiences on AVL Steam accounts =
= Non-free experiences on AVL Steam accounts =


* A-F:
* "HMD" A-F & AVLSteamNN:
** Tilt Brush
** Tilt Brush
** Simple VR Video Player
** Fantastic Contraption
** Fantastic Contraption
** Job Simulator ''(not HMDs D,E)''
** Titanic VR
** Titanic VR
** Apollo 11 VR
** Apollo 11 VR
** theBlu
** Hindenburg VR ''(not HMDs A,D,E)''
* D:
* D:
** fpsVR
** fpsVR
** A Fisherman's Tale
** A Fisherman's Tale
** The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
** The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
** Rome Reborn: Flight over Ancient Rome
** 3D Organon Anatomy VIewer
** Tabletop Simulator
* E:
* E:
** fpsVR
** fpsVR
** The Kremer Collection
** The Kremer Collection
** The Grand Museum VR
** The Grand Museum VR
** 3D Organon Anatomy VIewer
* F:
** fpsVR
** VR Dunhuang
** Edmonton Trolly
* AVLSteam10
** HoloLab
** 4D Toys
= Box file data =
* [AVL Reality Station Folder https://iu.app.box.com/folder/48023433406]
* [AVL Reality Lab Data https://iu.app.box.com/file/283934393446]
* [STC Reality Lab Data https://iu.app.box.com/file/227326115456]
* [IUSTC pins https://iu.app.box.com/file/227326115456]

Latest revision as of 08:56, 2 April 2019

Virtual Reality Experiences

This is a list of VR experiences ("Applications") that demonstrate a particular usage of virtual reality. These might be tools for the creation of three dimensional spaces, or for the training of a particular task, or for providing the user with an entertaining escape from physical reality.

The "experiences" listed here have been vetted by one or more members of the Indiana University Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL). We have also categorized them into groups of related experiences.

Many of these experiences are available for free (usually on the Steam store), others require a payment (generally one-time) for use. Several of the AVL steam accounts have paid-for experiences available. For some experiences (such as Google's "Tilt Brush"), the experience was paid for and is available on most of the Steam accounts. Other experiences are available only on one or two of the accounts.

Notes:

  • We'll start with just some lists, and expand the descriptions and include images as we go along.
  • When possible, we will link to related material for these experiences such as the Steam Store entry, and possible third party reviews.

Creation Experiences

Simulation

  • VR Robotics Simulator (untried)
  • Short Circuit VR (-) (untried)

Training

Scientific/Mathematical Exploration Experiences

Science Educational Experiences

Science Museum Style

History of Science

Space/Astronomy Exploration

  • Titans of Space 2.0 ($8) — Titans of Space 2.0 on Steam Store
  • You Are Here ($3) — (untried)
  • WebbVR: The James Webb Space Telescope Virtual Experience (-) — (untried)
  • Spacetours VR ($7) — Ep. 1 The Solar System — (untried)
  • We Are Stars ($10) — (untried) (360 movie)
  • OVERVIEW: a Walk Through the Universe ($10)

Anatomy Exploration

  • The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell (-) — Journey Inside a Cell on Steam Store
  • The Body VR: Anatomy Viewer (-) (untried) — Anatomy Viewer on Steam Store
  • 3D Organon VR Anatomy ($60) (untried) — 3D Organon VR Anatomy on Steam Store
  • InCell VR (untried) (gamified learning)
  • InMind VR (untried) (gamified learning)
  • InMind 2 VR (untried) (gamified learning)
  • Dissection Simulator: Frog Edition — comes out mid-April 2019
  • The Physiology of the Eye ($15) (untried) —
  • Experience: Colorblindness (-) — Experience: Coloblindness on Steam Store
  • Crashcourse: Concussion Education Reimagined — not out yet
  • The Enlightened League of Bone Builders and the Osseous Enigma (-) (untried) —
  • GE Neuro (-) (untried, perhaps overhyped) —

Ecology Exploration

  • Greenland Melting (-) — (narrative w/ some telehopping) Greenland Melting on Steam Store
  • The Blu
  • Living with Jaguars ($5) (untried, mixed reviews)
  • Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience (-) (untried, mixed reviews)
  • Kolb Antarctica Experience ($3) (untried, poor reviews) YouTube playthrough
  • The Blank Canvas & Hacking Nature (-) (untried)

Scientific Methodology

Science Documentary/Advocacy

Science Sandbox

History Educational Experiences

Cultural Experiences

Social Experiences

Narrative Experiences

  • JauntVR (-)
  • Allumette (-) — Allumette on Steam Store
  • Google's Age of Sail
  • Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars (Advertisement)

Narrative Experiences (interactive)

  • Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine (-)
  • Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay (-)

Media Player

  • YouTube VR
  • Simple VR Video Player
  • Whirligig

Experiential Gaming

Carnival (mini) games

  • VR Funhouse mini-games (-)
  • The Lab mini-games (-)
  • Skeet: VR Target Shooting

Puzzle games

E-sports / Sports emulation

  • Cloudlands (mini golf)
  • Dream Golf VR

First Person Shooter (FPS) games

  • Space Pirate Trainer
  • Beat Saber
  • SuperHot

Ride along experiences

(Do these belong under "narrative experiences"?)
  • Epic Roller Coasters (-)

Sandbox play experiences

  • Job Simulator
  • Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet the Medic
  • Richie's Plank

Meditative Experiences

VR Tools

Technology Demonstration

  • SketchFab VR (also listed under Cultural)
  • Welcome to Lightfields

Unclassified

  • Google Earth VR
  • Supermedium (Tool or Media Player?)
  • IKEA VR Experience
  • Prospect Pro
(the rest of these I (Bill) haven't tried, hence the unclassification)
  • Insanity VR: Last Score
  • B. Braun Future Operating Room
  • Irrational Exuberance: Prologue
  • The Wire
  • Vintage VR
  • Realities
  • ENGAGE
  • The Night Cafe
  • SurrealVR
  • Climbtime
  • datavizVR
  • Disco Destruction
  • War Robots VR: The Skirmish
  • Pinball Inside: A VR Arcade Game
  • SYMMETRY alpha
  • The Cubicle.
  • Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment
  • Quanero
  • Funfair
  • Lazerbait
  • Virtual Pool 4 Multiplayer
  • Accounting
  • VRCapture
  • Desert Bus VR
  • Destinations
  • Found
  • Macunx VR
  • Mouse Playhouse
  • Path of Exile
  • Portal Stories: VR
  • Sharecase VR
  • SNOW
  • Alien Covenant in Utero
  • Ship Ahoy Open BETA
  • Blueshift
  • Arch Virtual HQ
  • OzGrind Virtual Reality Showroom
  • VR Interior Designer Pro
  • Desert Ride Coaster
  • Pumpkin SculptrVR
  • Cosmic Sugar VR
  • The Price of Freedom
  • Titanic VR Demo
  • BasementVR
  • Deadly Hunter VR
  • Rubber Ball VR
  • 7D Game (VR for VIVE)
  • VR Gallery
  • Broomball
  • Leadwerks Game Launcher
  • Dota 2
  • Lucky Night: Texas Hold'em VR
  • Merper VR
  • Freedom Locomotion VR
  • War Thunder
  • Trapped With the Dolls VR


Non-free experiences on AVL Steam accounts

  • "HMD" A-F & AVLSteamNN:
    • Tilt Brush
    • Simple VR Video Player
    • Fantastic Contraption
    • Job Simulator (not HMDs D,E)
    • Titanic VR
    • Apollo 11 VR
    • theBlu
    • Hindenburg VR (not HMDs A,D,E)
  • D:
    • fpsVR
    • A Fisherman's Tale
    • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
    • Rome Reborn: Flight over Ancient Rome
    • 3D Organon Anatomy VIewer
    • Tabletop Simulator
  • E:
    • fpsVR
    • The Kremer Collection
    • The Grand Museum VR
    • 3D Organon Anatomy VIewer
  • F:
    • fpsVR
    • VR Dunhuang
    • Edmonton Trolly
  • AVLSteam10
    • HoloLab
    • 4D Toys

Box file data