Daydream Apps: The 5 best in the overview
If you want to experience virtual reality up close, the purchase of Google Daydream VR glasses is a real "must-have". But which Daydream apps fully push the boundaries of this new development? We have tested the best 5 for you.
1. Google Daydream App: Audio Factory (free)
Like some VR games, Audio Factory serves to demonstrate the various techniques. But this demo comes from Google and is the most impressive audio tool you can find for the Daydream.
It works with any pair of headphones and takes you into electronic deserts or a jungle where you can hear the rain and see the trees growing. Audio Factory is short but ingenious and definitely worth its ten minutes.
2.BBC Earth Daydream App: Life in VR (free)
Dive into the vastness of the oceans with the Google Daydream. The British television broadcaster BBC has developed an app with which you can virtually move underwater. Follow in the footsteps of the otter on the California coast. If you are lucky you may encounter a sperm whale.
"Life in VR" is lovingly programmed and invites playfully to discover. The cartoon style is a change and the narrative voice ensures that you actually learn something when staring and amazed underwater.
3rd BBC Daydream App: The Turning Forest (free)
Let yourself be carried away on a surreal journey. Thanks to the BBC, Daydream has a unique 360-degree fairy tale to offer: The Turning Forest.
The player becomes a child who encounters a creature with special abilities in a deep forest. You can play the piano on your teeth and ride on your back.
As with the Audio Factory, you can look forward to some special effects. So don't forget your headphones.
4. Fantastic Beasts VR Experience Daydream app
Those who are not particularly familiar with the Harry Potter universe can, for example, visit the exhibition of the same name. Or he can delve into the app "Fantastic Beasts - the VR Experience".
Here you learn how to swing the wand as a Muggle, testrals and other magical beings cross the path of the players. You have to guard three magical creatures while their "master" is on the move. But his voice gives tips on how to brew potions and tricks in dealing with the beasts.
The visuals are overwhelming and the app for Daydream is not only great fun for children or Potter fans.
5. Wonder Glade Daydream App (free)
The Wonder Glade app is aimed more at a younger audience, but the tricky tasks won't let go of an adult player either: For example, you have to master a mini golf course, extinguish burning houses with a hose, collect falling diamonds and much more.
The fun cartoon display and variable use of the Daydream Controller shows what Daydream is capable of. Overall, "Wonder Glade" is reminiscent of the console game WII Sport.
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