2018 is the Year of VR Apps: Here’s Why

From being a promising technology not less than 3 years ago to technology that is already reshaping several industries, Virtual Reality has come a long way. Today, extensive research backed by millions of dollars of funding is being poured into virtual reality on the hopes of unearthing many more applications for this coveted technology. However, not all of it is mere research. There are already several VR applications thanks to Virtual Reality-ready smartphones and apps.

Let’s take a look at some of the best Virtual Reality apps that can give us a perspective as to what is in store for the year 2018:

Spotlight stories

Spotlight stories by Google is an app that is working on a new medium of storytelling. It uses the VR format to tell immersive stories to users. An app that was launched in the middle of 2017, it has already been installed by 500,000 users.

YouTube VR

YouTube VR is an application developed by Google which brings the popular app YouTube to the VR format. The text-based searching has been replaced with voice searching and is also now used to display all videos in a VR or a 360° format. 

Google Arts and Culture VR 

This virtual reality application curates famous works of art from all over the globe and creates the environs of a museum inside the VR realm. It provides users with a realistic experience of famous monuments and galleries with an audio-based guided tour.

Star Chart VR

Star Chart VR is a VR-powered planetarium that creates the experience of a planetarium inside the VR world. It targets students and science lovers across the globe and helps them learn about the various constellations and their location in the night sky without having to labor through complicated star maps.

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