Notes On Blindness VR
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About Notes On Blindness VR
Arte Experience presents: Notes On Blindness, a virtual reality journey into a world beyond sight.
"A magical VR Experience" - Guardian
"Mesmerizing" - Motherboard - Vice
"Poetic and timeless" - Le Monde
In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, John Hull became totally blind.
To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began documenting his experiences on audio cassette. These original diary recordings form the basis of this six-part VR experience, an interactive non fiction using new forms of storytelling and gameplay mechanics to explore his cognitive and emotional experience of blindness.
Each chapter will address a memory, a moment and a specific location from John’s audio diary, using binaural audio and real time 3D animations to create a fully immersive experience in a ‘world beyond sight’.
Notes on Blindness VR is viewable with or without virtual reality headset (cardboard mode or smartphone mode).
Notes on Blindness VR is available in English, French and German.
Runs on Samsung S6 (or later) and Nexus 9 or later, as well as on any device from a similar generation. Requires Android 5.1 or later versions.
For full user experience, please use headphones, raise the volume and increase the luminosity of your phone.
"A magical VR Experience" - Guardian
"Mesmerizing" - Motherboard - Vice
"Poetic and timeless" - Le Monde
In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, John Hull became totally blind.
To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began documenting his experiences on audio cassette. These original diary recordings form the basis of this six-part VR experience, an interactive non fiction using new forms of storytelling and gameplay mechanics to explore his cognitive and emotional experience of blindness.
Each chapter will address a memory, a moment and a specific location from John’s audio diary, using binaural audio and real time 3D animations to create a fully immersive experience in a ‘world beyond sight’.
Notes on Blindness VR is viewable with or without virtual reality headset (cardboard mode or smartphone mode).
Notes on Blindness VR is available in English, French and German.
Runs on Samsung S6 (or later) and Nexus 9 or later, as well as on any device from a similar generation. Requires Android 5.1 or later versions.
For full user experience, please use headphones, raise the volume and increase the luminosity of your phone.
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The bad reviews all seem to be from people who experience crash bugs, not because of the content. I fortunately have had none of those issues and all I can say is wow! The original diaries read out by John Hull are fantastic and give as clear an insight as I've ever had into blindness, and the VR components of this app (especially the directional sound) really help to picture yourself as the author. Based on this I'll definitely be buying the John Hull's book, 'touching the rock'. FYI VR goggles etc. aren't required, you can just use your phone and headphones as I did.
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This story has nearly brought me to tears, it is all around beautiful and the story is amazing
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Really wanted to watch this, but constantly crashes on my phone (Pixel). Can't get more than 30s or so into it.
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**Edit: This is also part of the "Within" app and seems like it should work, will report back after the experience**. Much like the others with the I really wanted to give the a shot (I've heard nothing but good things) however the app will render that I have my finger on the screen to activate the experience, please please fix this...
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I've heard great things, would love to experience this. Please fix if possible
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Crashed instantly. Samsung phone.
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Cant switch into vr mode no button for this
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So far this is great app. I can relate to a lot of what is happening.
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The app crashes within 30 seconds no matter which chapter I choose. I'm using a Google Pixel XL. Apparently this problem has persisted for months and nothing has been done about it. What a shame.