Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel

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Release date

July 5, 2017

Publisher

BBC Media Applications Technologies Ltd

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

A new historical VR experience that’s part documentary, part virtual theatre. Step into one man’s memories and journey back to a moment that changed Irish History forever: the 1916 Easter Rising.

Each scene in this 13 minute story has a fixed point of view, the viewer can look around a full 360-degree environment and see the action while listening to recollections of the events in various locations.

Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel was created by BBC iWonder, Crossover Labs and VRTOV. The story revolves around a tape recording of Willie McNeive from the1970s. In these recordings, Willie talks about his involvement in the Easter Rising 60 years before.

When you're playing The Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel VR experience, please be sure to follow any safety info from the manufacturer and/or supplier of the device you're using.

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Gear VR

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3.65

47 ratings

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I’m so proud to see that someone has taken so much time to make something like this about my country! Thank u so much!

12 found this helpful

Fantastic

Really enjoyed this app, really well done and very immersible.

8 found this helpful

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This is a theme I am very interested in, so eagerly downloaded and watched. I was disappointed by the modern arty design of the environment. What could have been a fascinating experience was tainted by mushy graphics.

7 found this helpful

The best VR experience yet

History brought to life in way that I could not have expected. To me, this is the type of content that will make VR a myst have device. Well done the BBC.

4 found this helpful

Wonderful!

A great experience, totally immersive, and I think works perfectly being told from the mouth of the story teller. Highly recommend and look forward to seeing more in this series

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