Shennong: Taste of Illusion

Experienced on the Oculus Rift This is a 10 minute, purely cinematic 360 VR experience. There is no spoken dialogue. Everything is understood from the actions of our protagonist, Shennong. Although the store description states this is a seated experience, and recommends you sit, you will need a swivel chair to look at the action all around you. You will even be looking up above and below you. The story may be a...

13 found this helpful, 2018-12-18

Pretty cool and fun animation. Non interactive, you just look around and watch. Performance had a few dips in a few scenes, but overall was acceptable. Its only ~10 minutes and the price might seem a bit steep, but the production is really excellent, from sound to animations. Recommended for anyone that likes short stories told in VR.

2 found this helpful, 2021-04-18

Played on HTC Vive Pro/Index controllers/RTX2060Super. This is a nice short animation, I think it's about 10 minutes or so. I liked the design, but the story was a bit lacking, to me there really wasn't a story at all. If you're using a chair, make sure it's a swivelchair if you want to keep your eye on the active part of the scene. I think I got it in a cheap VR games bundle on indiegala or Fanatical, so I must...

2 found this helpful, 2022-07-22