War of Words VR
Free AppAbout War of Words VR
Britain’s greatest war poet prepares you for battle…
‘War Of Words: VR’ uses virtual reality to take you back to 1916, and into a mindset captured by Siegfried Sassoon in his controversial poem ‘The Kiss’.
More poets and writers fought in the Battle of the Somme than in any other in history. ‘The Kiss’ was written just before the Battle of the Somme, while Sassoon was on an army-training course. “The bullet and the bayonet are brother and sister”, Sassoon was told during one particularly bloodthirsty lecture, “there’s only one good bosche, and that’s a dead one…”
This experience is designed for Google Cardboard, Durovis Dive, ImmersiON-VRelia GO, VRase and other virtual reality phone mounts. Place the phone in the viewer upon launch of the app. Headphones are recommended.
The viewer will be presented with a circular button - by looking at it you will activate the ‘War of Words VR’ experience. After the performance, play again by looking at the 'Play Again' button.
The poet describes preparing a rifle for battle. Following the bullet fired from the rifle will lead the viewer to the second part of the poem. The 'kiss' described by the writer is a metaphor for the act of bayoneting an enemy soldier.
‘The Kiss' is an extract from BBC TWO’s ‘War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme’ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pw01r
War of Words VR’ is brought to you by BDH (http://www.bdh.net) - a BAFTA and RTS award-winning digital design & direction agency based in UK, in collaboration with BBC Arts. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts)
Check out the wider story at #SevenPoems #WarOfWords #BBCArts
Animated and Produced by BDH © BDH 2014
'The Kiss' Copyright © Siegfried Sassoon, by kind permission of the Estate of George Sassoon.
Reading by Philip Perry. © BBC, 2014
‘War Of Words: VR’ uses virtual reality to take you back to 1916, and into a mindset captured by Siegfried Sassoon in his controversial poem ‘The Kiss’.
More poets and writers fought in the Battle of the Somme than in any other in history. ‘The Kiss’ was written just before the Battle of the Somme, while Sassoon was on an army-training course. “The bullet and the bayonet are brother and sister”, Sassoon was told during one particularly bloodthirsty lecture, “there’s only one good bosche, and that’s a dead one…”
This experience is designed for Google Cardboard, Durovis Dive, ImmersiON-VRelia GO, VRase and other virtual reality phone mounts. Place the phone in the viewer upon launch of the app. Headphones are recommended.
The viewer will be presented with a circular button - by looking at it you will activate the ‘War of Words VR’ experience. After the performance, play again by looking at the 'Play Again' button.
The poet describes preparing a rifle for battle. Following the bullet fired from the rifle will lead the viewer to the second part of the poem. The 'kiss' described by the writer is a metaphor for the act of bayoneting an enemy soldier.
‘The Kiss' is an extract from BBC TWO’s ‘War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme’ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pw01r
War of Words VR’ is brought to you by BDH (http://www.bdh.net) - a BAFTA and RTS award-winning digital design & direction agency based in UK, in collaboration with BBC Arts. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts)
Check out the wider story at #SevenPoems #WarOfWords #BBCArts
Animated and Produced by BDH © BDH 2014
'The Kiss' Copyright © Siegfried Sassoon, by kind permission of the Estate of George Sassoon.
Reading by Philip Perry. © BBC, 2014
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Changed tracking system and stereoscopy settings for a more immersive experience.
Released worldwide!
Changed tracking system and stereoscopy settings for a more immersive experience.
Released worldwide!
More downloads War of Words VR reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
More downloads War of Words VR reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
Version update War of Words VR was updated to version 1.2
More downloads War of Words VR reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
What are users saying about War of Words VR
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This is an amazing vr experience. It truly blew me away. The only thing I wish it had was more poems. Please get a step on that.
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This is a really awesome way of sharing old poems. Makes the experience that much more sombre and emotional.... Check this out if you want to try a quality VR app
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Stupid use of VR to deliver idealization of brutality.
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I loved the poem. I wish there was more poems in the game. Graphics are good and the words are visible but it just needs more poems.
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Don't work
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A good use of vr and something a little different.
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Is that it only one story
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Wow
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I was blown away, figuratively, right from the start of this immersive take on visual poetry. This should be used in schools, it would have made me more interested in history and literature.
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It's a super cool concept and looks nice, but it's too short and moves so quickly I'm too busy trying to follow the action to listen to the narration.
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This is really brilliant if short. My only crib is that there's no natural way to exit the app which is a pain. Still, this is beautifully done.
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Didn't work at all and is a one minute poem... maybe?
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This app is really good and the show motion gunshot was the best. Nice job Dev. I don't know why this app has such a poor rating. Works fine with redmi 1s
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I love reading the War Poets so this was a real treat. My only complaint is that you only have one poem. I would love to see 'Dulce et decorum est' or 'Strange Meeting' by Owen animated in this style.
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Beautiful demo of the power of vr in an emotive setting but there are no instructions how to make it play. Only one poem.
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I would love stories told like this, it's just total immersion like never before.
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I really like this app! Some suggestions for improvement: - update the app with a 'crosshair' so that the user can point to the 'play' button more effectively. - build on idea! As an educator it would be great to see more poems / visual diaries / experiences for students to access.
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This is a really awesome way of sharing old poems. Makes the experience that much more sombre and emotional.... Check this out if you want to try a quality VR app
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This is exactly what I want to see in VR!!! Very poetic, so beautiful, I wish there were more apps lime this one!!!
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This is the educational and emotive future of this new media. Well done! I cannot wait to see and hear the Psalms brought to life in this way.
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All I see is darkness with white puffs of smoke and the same plane round going on and on and on... Wtf?
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All the depth of a hare's hair.
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The length of this apps is13s. Not fair size and affact.
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Experienced heavy drift. Recommend using on swivel chair or standing.
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How to start the game i only see a two lights saying "KISS"pls help
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Stupid use of VR to deliver idealization of brutality.
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I loved the story. Only problem is there is no options and no real way to exti the app.
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Beautiful artwork.. and interesting execution. Refreshing use of VR :) Hope you do more of these!
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A nice story
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Great use of VR
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Marvelous!
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More contents please
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Waste
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Ww1games are cool
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Wow
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کیری
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A good poem and visuals. My only complaint is that the rifle is loaded incorrectly. Enfield's (and Mauser's) use a charger clip and load from the top without removing the magazine.
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Twisting around to follow the bullet and jolting my head to watch the blade, makes a change from usual batle just to keep my eyes open when listening to poetry!
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Amazing hybrid of tech and old school story telling. Not sure how to select the options on screen i.e. Play again by looking or using game pad. Best part was tracking the bullet flight.
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I love reading the War Poets so this was a real treat. My only complaint is that you only have one poem. I would love to see 'Dulce et decorum est' or 'Strange Meeting' by Owen animated in this style.