The Grand Canyon VR Experience

At $2.99 this would be a semi-reasonable purchase. For $9.99 I expect a measure of artistry, and that artistry just isnt here. this basically feels less like the great outdoors than it does one of those rides at a cheap amusement park. ohhhh look, theres some sort of styrofoam cactus. huh, theres an animatronic lizard. oh there is a bird projected on the ceiling (which i cant move my head to look at or the game jitters). pros: if i put the game on absolute highest quality and dont ever move my head, there is a measure of immersion. i appreciate the effort to put wild animals in the game the ambient sounds are lovely cons: guys seriously $9.99? its one scene and it lasts less time than it took for me to download it. gtx 1060 card, when i move my head in the game the jitter is very, very bad. moving my head in TheBlu however has no jitter. perhaps a better card might not have this problem but its not like this has a lot of moving pieces to render. the trout are a nice to...

So I've used this thing for a while. It's not a game, it's an "experience" because that's something you can do in VR... experience things. I really want to give these guys a thumbs up but I can't... Why not? I've never been to the Grand Canyon so I can't say for sure whether or not it's authentic... What I [b]CAN[/b] say isn't authentic is that the resolution is crap and it detracts from the experience when you look at the scenery and see this jagged pixellated crap. Apparently there's a tweak you can do that might wind up adding some much needed smoothing to those pixellated edges, but it requires a really beefy card to leave it turned on for everything. So the aliasing is a big problem for stuff in the distance, but it's also got some problems with walls being way too "flat" with sharp corners up close. Am I going through the Grand Canyon or is this the lego recreation of the Grand Canyon? Things I liked: [list] [*] You get to experience what it might be like to paddle down...

I really enjoyed the trip. I espescially like the plans & flowers and the animals even if they (the animals) are rarely seen. But just watching a bird high in the sky fly over you makes the enviorment feel so real. the clouds and the lightning are vere well made so that the shift from day to night is really great. But like already mentioned from other guys the are some cons: - its quite short, in 15-20 mins you seen everything - the thin lines from the leaves etc. look blury in vr (at distance) - the paddle with vive is much to slow and to anoying. it would be very helpfull if with one "strike" you will float like 10 meters so you don't have to paddle all the time All in all a very nice and relaxing experiance.

Really good experience with oculus rift. Ran smooth as butter on epic settings with my i7 4790k and gtx 980ti and looked really nice to boot! The water oh man so serene and relaxing. I really wanted to put my hand in the water and at one point i extended my hands outward in an attempt to do so lol. Totally recommend to anyone who enjoys a vr experience that has to do with nature. Only gripe was that it's too short! But Im hoping they will add more seeing how it's early access. Worth 10 dollars as is imo.

It is decently well made, but I can't say it was immersive or enjoyable. If I was to introduce somebody to the rift, this isn't one of the selections I'd pick to show. Mostly you are a floating body on a kayak ride in a loop. Not much to do, the scenery is OK.. but that is about it. A lot gets lost as the try to use high details which don't translate well and make the experience feel dated in graphics. Suspect this is just an early prototype before they make it a kayak fishing game. Then I could see it being pretty good with the HTC. (holding paddles, fishing rod, etc.) But as now.. it is a 5/10 sorta meh. Pick it up if you want to support the developers and throw some money early on at the VR world.

Graphics are awful unfortunately even on Epic.

Horrible controlls for the paddle board, on rails and the paddling just takes forever. Lots of the visuals are not great for VR (thin lines on grass and foileage). Might be a lot more fun if you could actually move around freely instead of on rails.

I have played this "Game/App" through multiple revisions and am extremely impressed with how it has evolved and improved. Both the Day and Night experiences in the Kayak are excellent and each quite different. The range of living creatures now experienced is quite large. I have seen a Deer, a Hare (Jackrabbit), two large Lizards (Gila Monsters?), many different Birds, many Bats in the tunnel to the Waterfall, many Fish and many Frogs. Also there are Fireflies, Butterflies and other assortd Insects. I hear Coyotes at night; wish I could see them! The Fish can be fed with pellets from the Can on the floor. In addition, the Rendering of the Rocks is superb, especially close up with Flashlight illumination, and the clear Water with ripples is impressive. Little touches such as noise and vibration when the Kayak rides over rocks or branches in the water adds greatly to the realism. Flowers, plants, trees are all impressive, especially when they sway realistically in the wind. This work is...

A must have for the Vive! I could spend all day in laying back and floating down stream in this experience! After the latest update the visual are extremely polished and look astonishing! You can relax on a railed boat ride or freely explore by paddling yourself. There are a mix of smart AI and animatronic AI. If you are on the railed ride you get a can of fish food that you can use to attract marine life to the surface! Both the Night and Day modes are fantastic and the 3D audio drowns out the last bit of the real world!

Trying out a lot of VR apps/games these days, although pretty cheap, this isn't even worth the few bucks it costs . Barely good enough for a demo in my opinion. Don't bother unless you really are out of VR experiences, but do not expect much: not particularly well made, the possibilities of movement/teleportation are *very* limited, and it gets boring within the first minute of try. I have been very forgiving judging VR experiences considering the very young state of the industry (and yet, there are some very cool stuff out there) but this it not one of them.