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[h1] Experienced on the Oculus Rift [/h1] This is a standing room 360 VR purely cinematic experience approximately 13 minutes long. I did view this experience twice just to see the differences, if any. Very tough choice for me on whether to recommend or not. In the end though, I can't recommend this at the asking price. I think the experience missed the mark. Currently, there are 5 positive reviews already and I'll be the only negative. Why? Well, first of all, this experience is like an experimental (visually) documentary told through the audio of the narrator whose story she is telling. It's a story of love and loss and dealing with grief and sadness. She tells a very personal story and you can tell she really loved this person a lot and that the pain she is talking about is real. However, It does sound like she's talking in a phone interview to some unknown reporter for a TV special of the week. It is told personally, but to no one in particular. There's mention of different stor...

Beautiful. Not only moving, but also visually stunning.

Beautiful experience Cried in the headset. 10/10

Amazing experience. Excellent use of visual and sound cues to take the out-most advantage of a VR environment. Excellent storytelling, made me cry.

This is very fresh for me, only ten minutes after, though this will rank with a few I hold as pushing, and exploring this new media that has arrived. These few that I really show what is possible, evokeing human emotion, and empathy. I don't want that feeling that was conveyed, but I live with it too. I toatally agree, the sayings are true, and they came from some one like brave person that agreed to tell this story. This is only gaze operated, no controler suport. I do recomend it.

To me, this is the best of VR. Not some gimmicky arcade experience for a slapped together port of an existing game, but an impactful new form of storytelling. It may be a bit short and if you're expecting an actual game, I can understand some disappointment, but I was wiping the tears off of my headset by the end of it and wishing for more experiences of this sort available for VR. The motion graphics used to display the visuals were really interesting and focus your attention and allow you to explore the space without the awkwardness of simply porting 360 video. All in all, really cool stuff and kudos to all the creatives involved and please continue to make great work.

I just don't get it. It's basically a 13 minute chick flick/pitty party. Sorry for your loss, but I don't see the point of this experience. Granted, some of the visual effects are WAY COOL.

<h1> <i>Might</i> Recommend </h1> Reviewing this is a bit tough because I believe it depends a lot on what kind of person you are and what exactly you're looking for in this game. In general, I do recommend this game because it's a cheap, quick, & interesting VR experience - especially for those new to VR. <b>However, if you can't/don't plan on using headphones, I would not recommend this at all.</b> The audio aspect was what really made it worth it. For those who don't have much space, I personally think the "room navigation" aspect is a bit misleading; all it takes is rotating your head/body (360 degrees) & you can remain in one spot if you'd like so that is not an issue. I'm only saying this because I assumed there would be a bit more roaming involved when it didn't. Also, the way you navigate <i>does not</i> really change the story. From my tries, it only really changes the angles of what scene you're looking at. If you do try this, I'd mostly recommend following the sounds an...

Somewhat mixed reviews lately I see. Personally I was in tears by the end; I'd had a smoke beforehand which no doubt played a role, but it was also quite beautifully presented. I liked the main visual effect... to the review that said this was just a 360 video, that's not at all true. it's 6DOF tracking and the actors appear to have been recorded and rendered volumetrically, so you can move around them. My guess is the cool shader came about as a result of trying to render it faster, or to jazz up what would be low quality volumetric video if they were to try to render the whole thing. Either way, the results are very cool. There are some well timed particles, effects and sounds to freak out an unsuspecting stoned person, and a particularly gorgeous triangular interlude. Combined with the sad tale of love lost, it was all a bit of a roller coaster, albeit a short one. I'm not sure if I paid for this or not, I just suddenly spotted it in my library this evening, but I would certainly be...

I just bought this title on sale for 49 cents which is Practically nothing. Very sad story but definitely worth a go. If you have a wife that doesn't vr this is something you can definitely show her. She might even hold you a little tighter after.