System: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: £5.59
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Non-Interactive Experience
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers, Gamepad, Keyboard & Mouse
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
Description: Have you ever imagined how it would be to explore the great wonders of the old world? Travel in time to the ancient world, discover colossal wonders and be amazed by these man-made structure lost in the past. Explore the Seven Wonders: Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, Statue Of Zeus, Mausoleum At Halicarnassus, The Great Pyramid Of Giza, Colossus Of Rhodes, Temple Of Artemis & Lighthouse Of Alexandria
Review: While many people will debate just what the 7 greatest wonders of the world really are 7VR Wonders goes with the classic list of 7: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria. This is a non-interactive tour of all 7 natural and constructed phenomena and structures of the world. The greatest of the rest, the 7 most amazing wonders of the world! Starting off in a menu you simply look to start one of the 7 boards in front of you and away you go on a 3-minute experience trip. There is no narration, just sit back and enjoy the sights.
I feel the lack of narration is what kills this app more than anything else. Everything else is pretty much OK, the graphics are more than adequate and the size representation is certainly there. But it is little more than a trip around them rather than any educational POV. The good news is this app has real potential and once it does have some narration I could easily see this app being used in schools. Just not yet and definitely not for £5.59.
