I bought it cos I'm a risk taker. Eh, it's okay. I watched an elephant take a piss.
However, only 3 environments and 8 animals? I was expecting this to be the Encarta of VR. They could have done so much more. As it stands, there is zero replay value.
You get 15 minutes free of live feed from Kenya, but one of the cameras is frequently "down for maintenance" while the other two are just regular non-VR footage (of which I mostly enjoyed a blank landscape and a few deer).
The real educational experience I got from this was learning the difference between 360 video and 3D VR. Virry VR is anything but. It's flat 2D 360 video with visible stitching and incorrect scaling (everything looks like it's being projected on an IMAX screen) which hardly makes it feel immersive. Overall, that's been my experience of most 360 videos I've seen. As a result, I spent all day "researching" (i.e. watching a shitload of videos) on various PSVR apps (YouTube, Hulu, Littlstar, Within, Jaunt), trying to find the best content. There's also a pretty good
playlist on YouTube, but it's a little bloated.
Compare Virry VR to something like National Geographic's 3D 360° videos (available for free on YouTube) and there's no contest. The only problem is that streaming video always looks like crap compared to the downloaded stuff. I wish there was a way to force it to buffer because it feels like I'm watching everything in 480p.
A few highlights you may have already come across:
Invasion! (CGI)
Asteroids! (CGI)
Allumette (stop-motion)
Evolution of Verse (Within app)
The House VRX (Hulu; 8 episodes)
Escape from Calypso Island: A 360° VR Adventure (The Rock Presents)
Interrogation VR (Funny or Die)
Conan 360° videos
SNL 40 360° videos
Super Mario Bros 3D 360° VR: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (YouTube; fan-made)
Pac-Man in 360° (YouTube; fan-made)
Five Nights at Freddy's 360° (BlackBoxTV)
I probably watched about 100 videos in all. Not surprisingly, a lot of the best ones are tied to movie properties (and of those, most of them are horror). Since there's no master list anywhere on the web, I figured I'd compile them here for reference. (Let me know if there are any glaring omissions worth checking out.)
Alien Covenant: In Utero - A 360° Virtual Reality Experience
Annabelle: Creation VR - Bee's Room
The Conjuring 2: Experience Enfield VR 360°
Crimson Peak (Beware Crimson Peak)
Fifty Shades Darker: The Masquerade Ball - A Cinematic VR Experience
The Hunger Games: Virtual Reality Experience
Insidious: Chapter 3 360° VR
IT: FLOAT - A Cinematic VR Experience
Kong VR: Destination Skull Island
The Magnificent Seven: Western VR Experience
Mr. Robot: Virtual Reality Experience
The Mummy: Zero Gravity Stunt in 360°
Nerve: VR Dare - Climb Across the Ladder
Ouija: Origin of Evil 360° VR
Pete's Dragon 360° VR Experience: Elliot's Flyover
Rogue One Recon: A Star Wars 360° Experience
Stranger Things: Virtual Reality 360° Experience
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 360° Experience
The Walk: Virtual Reality Experience
The Walking Dead 360° Experience: Negan Under Attack
Speaking of which, I'm not sure how it escaped my detection before, but the PSN store has
Spider-Man Homecoming: The Virtual Reality Experience. It's about a 5-minute game in the same vein as Arkham VR. At the price of free, it's kind of hard not to recommend.
I've also been eyeing a few other "experiences" on the PSN store, but after getting burned on Ghostbusters VR, I'm hesitant to try any of them.
Justice League VR: The Complete Experience
Kismet (fortune teller app)
The Martian VR Experience
Passengers: Awakening VR Experience
Stranger Things: The VR Experience (a playable version of this is supposed to be on PSN, but it doesn't seem to be available in the US anymore)
Last but not least, I've been viewing trailers for upcoming PSVR games this year. These are the highlights so far:
The American Dream: A Samurai Punk Virtual Reality Trip
Blood & Truth
Dragonflight
Golem
The Inpatient
Rick & Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
Torn
Transference
Xing: The Land Beyond
I've been inside virtual reality all day. I'm going to have strange dreams tonight.
P.S. Don't even get me started on VR porn...