Björk Vulnicura Virtual Reality Album

And now for something completely different! This is exactly the kind of experimental artistic head-trip I want to see more of in VR. Bjork fans will find a few very interesting and enjoyable experiences here, but at $30.00 this is hard to recommend for the general VR audience. The idea is this: Bjork's excellent 2015 album "Vulnicura" is presented as a series of VR "videos." Each one is a different sort of presentation, so don't be fooled by the first one. Or two. Track one, "Stonemilker," was misleading to me. I found it physically uncomfortable, which may be due to the fact that it is just a 360-degree video. I was afraid that this would be the case with the other songs as well, but that was happily NOT the case. I'll just know to skip it in the future and go straight for the best bits. This physical discomfort also extends to the "Score" mode that accompanies each song, which is a simple visualization of the musical score for the selected song. The next couple of tracks expan...

Neat idea, unfortunately not a very polished experience. This is a combination of live-action video (some 360, some flat) and real-time rendered stuff. You move from node to node, with each node representing an immersive experience based on a song. The simple task of navigating between nodes is handled poorly, as you use a laser-pointer which projects a dot but no line (making it harder than it should be to aim at your target on the first try). Spatial audio implementation is iffy -- in some of the experiences the audio source was clearly rotated incorrectly by about 20 degrees, meaning the audio sounded like it was coming from your right or left when the video would imply it should be right in front of you. In some of the other experiences, some of the spatial audio seems to be coming from random directions (like behind you, when there's nothing in the video to imply why it would be coming from that direction). One of the experiences is a monoscopic 360 video inside of a human mout...

This is a Maybe Rating. 30 bucks feels steep for the package. Navigating between songs is not well polished. You have a laser pointer, without the laser, just a dot, and you have to aim it at these objects in the world to move to the next song, so you kind of just guess aim until you hit it. First 2 experiences are underwhelming. As of this time I only have experience 3 songs out of the collection. The third one that I skipped to was more what I expected to find and was neat. The "scores" of each song aren't that interesting, floating notes, less cool than it sounds. I support the concept of VR music albums, and of course Bjork would be one of the first. If you are a fan of Bjork, and like the idea of a VR album, and 30 bucks is not a big deal to you. Then yes check it out. Otherwise wait for a sell, or the next VR album attempt.

Where id have to go from my short experience before a refund sorry to say is. If you are a huge fan of Bjork and like her music to a point you would pay this price this is a must have. But to a general VR gamer. This is not a game yet a uninteractive film of music video's with 360 view. But if you are a big fan of this music this experience would probably be worth it .

listening to stonemilker on full blast off 8 benadryls is a life changing experience.

Do I have VR? No. Did I buy this just to have it? Yes. Do I regret it? Absolutely not.

I love Björk and her music! I've been looking forward to this for several years. Unfortunately, I have mixed feelings about it. The price is the main issue. The VR market is fairly new and thus people are uncomfortable spending more than $10 on an experience like this, despite it likely costing much more to create than it will ever earn back. However, it does contain the full album (in video form), which is currently ~$13, so the price isn't outlandish when viewed through that lens. Another issue is that since it was conceived several years ago, it already feels a a little dated given how quickly VR tech is developing. I think "Stonemilker" is the only stereoscopic/3D video and unfortunately it's only ~30 FPS. (Other videos are 60 FPS but they're not stereoscopic.) That said, the innovative 3D graphical experience in "Notget" is simply outstanding, and arguably worth ten bucks just on its own! If only motion-capture tech was better and we could walk around in one of these ...

This game offers an interesting visual experience as well and a soothing soundtrack to go along it. as a longtime bjork fan i would of expected a lengthier playtime but alas i'm fine with the little project.

10/10 I like the album very much. A VR show with Björk music is the best experience I've ever experienced. Of course, I saw the Vr show at Björk Digital in Poznań, but seeing it in person at home is much better. I turned a blind eye to a few missing VR visualizations for some songs and 3 video 360. I recommend seeing it with your own eyes and experiencing it on your own.

how do you rate another limb, albeit sometimes a bit new, and numb, of a masterpiece? to me personally, still a masterpiece though, in another, and fairly new garn..i´ll come back for the technical part of the review, after my (real life) tears dried.. i was late to the game i admit, but thank you bjork and team. ! brilliant experience so far. :)