Star Chart VR
View the night sky and explore the Solar System in Virtual Reality!
The ultimate virtual reality* experience: Star Chart VR lets you explore the solar system in a beautiful and accurate real-time space simulation.Delight in exploring the solar system, from the Sun to the smallest moons of Saturn and out to the coldest, darkest, farthest reaches of Pluto. Gaze down and marvel at our solar system from above. Look up in wonder at the rings of Saturn. Feel the awe of floating in space around worlds no human has yet set foot on. Understand how the constellations of our night sky are made up of stars distant to each other in both space and time. Embrace the impossible distances of our solar system and the inordinate scale of our universe.Star Chart VR is the virtual reality version of the hugely successful augmented reality astronomy & star gazing app - Star Chart - downloaded by over 25 million people world-wide.Features currently include:- NEW! Launch room that enables you to choose from 3 different Star Chart modes as well as easily access the tutorial.- An accurate real-time simulation of the visible stars and planets as you see them from Earth- A 3D solar system to explore, including the Sun, the planets and major moons- All 88 constellations based on the beautiful artwork of 17th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius- Thousands of the most visible stars of the night sky- Named geological surface features on most of the rocky planets and moons of the solar system.- NEW! Set foot on the surfaces of the moon and Mars, in our new Moments in Time experience. Weve recreated some of the most memorable moments in the history of human space exploration, from the Apollo 11 Moon Landing to the Mars Science Laboratorys Curiosity Rovers exploration of Mars.- NEW! The location of active Meteor Shower Radiances are now shown in our new Sky View mode.- NEW! Messier Objects can now be found and selected.Feel free to provide us with your thoughts, feedback and feature requests. We are constantly updating Star Chart on all major platforms, and we appreciate your help and thoughts - your feedback is often used to improve Star Chart. For more information on Star Chart as well as details on how to get access to it on other platforms and devices, please visit: www.starchart.info* Please note: This version of Star Chart requires a Daydream-ready phone, HMD (head mounted device) and a Daydream controller to work.- New Launch Room- New Orbiting method- New laser selection method- New Moments In Time feature, with Apollo 11 (Moon) & Curiosity (Mars) scenes- Teleporting and scene object selection in Moments in Time- 3d previews of stars & planets on controller- Selectable Messiers- Selectable Meteor Showers
The ultimate virtual reality* experience: Star Chart VR lets you explore the solar system in a beautiful and accurate real-time space simulation.Delight in exploring the solar system, from the Sun to the smallest moons of Saturn and out to the coldest, darkest, farthest reaches of Pluto. Gaze down and marvel at our solar system from above. Look up in wonder at the rings of Saturn. Feel the awe of floating in space around worlds no human has yet set foot on. Understand how the constellations of our night sky are made up of stars distant to each other in both space and time. Embrace the impossible distances of our solar system and the inordinate scale of our universe.Star Chart VR is the virtual reality version of the hugely successful augmented reality astronomy & star gazing app - Star Chart - downloaded by over 25 million people world-wide.Features currently include:- NEW! Launch room that enables you to choose from 3 different Star Chart modes as well as easily access the tutorial.- An accurate real-time simulation of the visible stars and planets as you see them from Earth- A 3D solar system to explore, including the Sun, the planets and major moons- All 88 constellations based on the beautiful artwork of 17th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius- Thousands of the most visible stars of the night sky- Named geological surface features on most of the rocky planets and moons of the solar system.- NEW! Set foot on the surfaces of the moon and Mars, in our new Moments in Time experience. Weve recreated some of the most memorable moments in the history of human space exploration, from the Apollo 11 Moon Landing to the Mars Science Laboratorys Curiosity Rovers exploration of Mars.- NEW! The location of active Meteor Shower Radiances are now shown in our new Sky View mode.- NEW! Messier Objects can now be found and selected.Feel free to provide us with your thoughts, feedback and feature requests. We are constantly updating Star Chart on all major platforms, and we appreciate your help and thoughts - your feedback is often used to improve Star Chart. For more information on Star Chart as well as details on how to get access to it on other platforms and devices, please visit: www.starchart.info* Please note: This version of Star Chart requires a Daydream-ready phone, HMD (head mounted device) and a Daydream controller to work.- New Launch Room- New Orbiting method- New laser selection method- New Moments In Time feature, with Apollo 11 (Moon) & Curiosity (Mars) scenes- Teleporting and scene object selection in Moments in Time- 3d previews of stars & planets on controller- Selectable Messiers- Selectable Meteor Showers
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I love this app for daydream, very well done app.
I love the idea of this app, I really do, but we've already seen that daydream can do so much more! How about more high-res planets that you can actually look at without counting pixels! How about a good looking HIGH RES star chart that automatically shows you the sky in the direction you're looking at the given moment and already connects the stars without additional pointing and clicking (sometimes less is more). I doubt that this will be fixed any time in the future but it's a shame because I was really hoping for an app just like this
Planets and moon were not in correct positions when I tested it for the first time last night. It showed the moon below the horizon... but it was a full moon. Also didn't seem to always pick up my location, despite location services permission allowed. Sometimes it did and I would restart and it would think I was in South America I guess based on the star positions. Also, North should always be real North. My phone has a compass... But it seems promising!
Well done app - the exploration feature provides interesting information about many celestial bodies. Being able to revolve around the celestial bodies is nice, but would like to be able to revolve on more than one axis for viewing the poles. The historical feature provides neat details about a couple missions so far (I would love to see more, similar things, even if only photographs to highlight other landers/ongoing missions). The sky map was the feature I wanted to try out, but feel somewhat mediocre about: 1) the location settings did not work properly (outside, the moon is above the horizon, in-app, it's below - I am in Reykjavik, Iceland - maybe some settings that would show the detected time/location for confirmation, and the ability to recalibrate); 2) I would prefer to be able to turn off the graphics behind the constellations as they can be a bit distracting; 3) it would be nice to be able to filter out sky objects by magnitude, to adjust the viewing experience to what one might actually see given their current conditions; and 4) add in some satellite tracks. I have enjoyed it so far, but would find it to be a more useful educational tool with these other features.
Cool experience
It functions quite well with the daydream controller, and it's intuitive and fast with the controller.
I really love a planetarium in VR but the sky isn't accurate for my location. Can you fix that?
I think the moon's bright side is the other side. I cannot see the Tycho crater which is wired.
I'm using Google Daydream on my oneplus 3T (rooted) and the app doesn't open in VR mode. Instead, it opems in flat screen mode and doesn't recognise my controller.
Worked great yesterday. Can get it to run today. Crashes every time on start up.