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The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR

The Great Exhibition ran from May to October 1851 in London's Hyde Park, in a temporary building known as the Crystal Palace. Six million visitors passed through the turnstiles, to view over 100,000 individual…

26 September 2024

The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR is a simulator, released 26 September 2024 on PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.

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What The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR is

The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR was released in 2024. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Great Exhibition ran from May to October 1851 in London's Hyde Park, in a temporary building known as the Crystal Palace. Six million visitors passed through the turnstiles, to view over 100,000 individual exhibits. Now, over 170 years later, we are recreating the exhibition as an immersive VR experience. The simulation includes a narrator to describe each of the exhibits and the Crystal Palace building. Fire up your SteamVR system and explore the Great Exhibition...
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR launched on 26 September 2024, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot and Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio.

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When did The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR come out?
The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR was released on 26 September 2024 for PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.

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