Hey, there! I was just given a Rift S a couple of days ago, so I'm still discovering what's out there. I've got plenty of advice on games, but I'm having trouble finding more of something that I discovered I crave even more: recreations of real-world locations (and I'm not talking Flight Simulator or Google Earth.)
See, I'm a lifelong student of history, especially the history of the day-to-day. A couple of experiences I tried had a real impact on me. The first was 1943 Berlin Blitz, put out by the BBC. It puts you inside a perfect recreation of Lancaster bomber on a bombing run over Berlin. It's built around a recording of the crew's discussions during the actual mission. The second was just called "Derbyshire Churchyard", made by Valve, used photogrammetry to produce a fully-3d, photorealistc recreation of a 12th-century medieval church that you can move around freely. Not just a 3d photo ala street view, but a full polygonal recreation. In both cases these were periods I'd studied, but experiencing them firsthand - seeing the cramped interior of the Lancaster with the full crew in place, the wall of searchlights and flak, or seeing the size and mass of the tracery in the windows - brought a new comprehension to subjects that were just facts before. Actually getting to see the things I've studied "in person" was incredible.
It might not be for everyone, but for me it was eye-opening. Where can I find more experiences like this? The church especially was memorable. Valve has a couple more, which I've got queued up, but I'm look for more.
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
