Smithsonian Journeys: Venice

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Release date

December 21, 2017

Publisher

The Great Courses

Website

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-smithsonian-guide-to-essential-italy.html

Smithsonian Journeys: Venice invites you to take a tour of this magical city with a brilliant professor of Italian history as your personal guide. Enjoy over 30 minutes of 3D 360° video shot on location as you learn all about the history and culture of the city.

In this experience you’ll:

take a gondola ride under the Bridge of Sighs and past Marco Polo’s house
float down Venice’s famous Grand Canal and see where Casanova lived
have an espresso in the beautiful Piazza San Marco
go a walking tour of the city’s most interesting sites
watch a Murano glassblowing demonstration
and much more!

Guided by the charming professor Kenneth R. Bartlett, who has been teaching Italian history for nearly 40 years, you’ll discover fascinating facts along the way that will make your journey so much more memorable and rewarding.

If you’ve ever wanted to visit Venice, now is your chance!

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Gear VR

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3.35

60 ratings

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Venice

Downloaded but does not work

18 found this helpful

Worth it

To me, this is what VR is about. It’s not a developed example but I wish there were more apps like this instead of the heaps of mindless and boring games they keep churning out ad nauseam.

15 found this helpful

Doesn't work

Cannot get past the load screen. Was part of our day's homeschool curriculum. Please fix!

5 found this helpful

Great tour but I am not an owl.

Loved the free tour of Venice. Great presenter and great views of the city. The sound quality was poor on a couple of clips but was by and large it was fine. The clips did take a long time to load. In my opinion 180 clips would be a better format. Used by Amaze for example. I don't want/need to spin around 360 to watch something. I get that it's VR but sometimes less is more. Still, I'm interested in your next tour and this free one was still great. Well done.

4 found this helpful