Opening Night at the Großen Schauspielhaus Review (Steam VR) – HTC Vive & Windows MR

VR Shop Score – Silver Award

System: HTC Vive & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: Free
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: 360 Video and Animation
Input: Keyboard & Mouse
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: Three protagonists each invite us to join them on their unique journey down memory lane at the Grosse Schauspielhaus in Berlin. First time visitor Walter Schatz accompanies us through the impressive foyers and the colossal auditorium; celebrated singer Fritzi Massary offers a peek into the cosmos of a star; young lighting technician Otto Kempowski guides us through the fascinating world of theatre engineering. Thus we peer through a digital window to visit the famous theatre’s past and explore its art and architecture spatially in the here and now.

Review: ‘Opening Night at the Großen Schauspielhaus’ is a 360 video app that talks about the conception and build of the Großes Schauspielhaus Theatre in Germany. While the narration is all in German you can choose between German or English text. Then you get to pick from 3 stories. The first is the Theatres designers, then there is a star from the shows and you get a tour of the dressing rooms and fiannaly a tour of the lighting effects used. While it was interesting and quite educational as well it really is best off remaining a free app as any cost might have put me off recommending it. It looks OK, the sound is immersive and if you have any interest at all in the history of this impressive theatre this is well worth a look.