System: Valve Index & HTC Vive
Price at Time Of Review: Free
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Virtual Tour
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
VR Shop Score 1/100: 70
Description: The Dunhuang Grottoes have preserved Chinese art for over 1600 years. When virtually exploring Mogao Cave 61 in this VR content, the viewer can see the digital restoration of the deteriorated murals and the ruined statues.
Review: 神遊敦煌-莫高窟第61窟 (which translates as ‘Shenyou Dunhuang-Mogao Grottoes Cave 61’) is a virtual tour of a set of caves otherwise known as the ‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas’ which is a cave system of over 500 temples all built into the rock. It is part of the cultural crossroads on the Silk Road in Gansu province, China. It looks good for a VR tour of them, but you will need to speak Mandarin to understand any of the narration here. Visually it is worth a look as it does look good and was made by Nat-geo so you know it has a good pedigree. It’s not going to be for everyone, but at least it is free for all those who might be interested.
