Discovering Space

Discovering Space
Type: Tour of Earth / Moon / Mars / Jupiter
Image Quality: Very Good mostly, occasionally low resolution planets
Scale: Good
Length: Medium

Three tours of duty take you first to Earth and the Moon, then to Mars and finally to Jupiter. I've not tried Jupiter yet as I'm recovering from my Mars flight. The fights over the Moon and Mars are the best parts of the experience so far. When you are orbiting around the planet / moon it can look a little like its a picture wrapped around a really big round thing (which it is), but when you are cruising over the planet's surface in your little spacecraft, it starts to look amazingly real. For me these little flights across the surface of places I can never go are what VR is all about.

Once I've recovered sufficiently, I'll fly to Jupiter and let you know how that looks. If you like Space and VR, then this is one app to get. It is a clever stitching together of the sphere of space with the stars and such, decent pictures of the planetary surfaces (as mentioned not perfect) and then flying down to the surface where it really shines. Note you are on a 'tour' and you can't just pilot your craft anywhere you want.

And I made it to Jupiter. It was impressive to see the gaseous planet in motion. There was a flyby of one of its moons, but it didn't feel as cool as the other fly overs of the Moon and Mars. Definitely a solid VR experience.