- 70% off - 27 January 2022
新年快乐 -> Happy Lunar New Year :)
- Christmas 2021 update - 29 December 2021
Minor fixes for German translation and Chapter 3 initial position.
- A cosmic summer in VR - 25 June 2020
We've set up an exceptional discount on our educational VR product Overview, for the whole duration of the Steam Summer Sale: grab your own and experience our position in the Cosmos like never before. "Overview: a Walk through the Universe" Best Education Experience (HTC Viveport Awards) 32mn room-scale experience through the Cosmos Extra-time with exclusive mind-opening activities Available in English, French and Chinese (German soon!) Feedback from our fans: "This is why you buy VR." - Oculus Rift Reviews "A feast for the eyes." - VR Focus "Carl Sagan would be proud." - Moon Watcher "Do not miss it if you like astronomy." - xrp24 "You will want to share this with anybody." - FastLawyer "Everyone should experience this." - Grejin2 "Your life will never be the same." - Kikos Grab a ticket for Space, and kiss the Earth goodbye :)
- Spring cleaning - 24 March 2020
Improved performance on Oculus Rift and Vive Improved UX with HTC Vive controllers and Oculus Touch Updated nebula model (using raymarching shader) Fix for launch issues on some systems Fix for UI visible only on PC screen Fix for Milky Way excessive brightness
- Nvidia driver update bug fix released - 7 October 2019
Hi, we just pushed an update to fix a bug that prevented Overview to launch on systems using recent Nvidia cards and drivers. Support requests around that bug showed a significant number of Valve Index users in this group, which made us wonder if it was not related to this specific hardware. It was actually only a correlation: Valve Index owners often use recent GPUs ^^ In any case, bug fixed: we can all resume our contemplation of the vastness of the Universe.
- Latest update - 4 March 2019
Hello everyone, we pushed an update. The changelist for this release (1.2) is mostly internal: new exe, repacking of existing assets, but your experience should remain the same (we did fix one annoying bug on some systems where a SteamVR update had inverted the Y-axis in the menu). This update is the first step to our upcoming content addition. Next we will release a new activity, similar to the Solar System activity, but this one will be at the scale of the Milky Way (fasten your seat belt). As always, if you experience problems please report on the community hub for our help. All the best from the Overview team :) https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31737017%2Fd3b1d17b0b0aa76455c8b0c578c2d999b747193c.gif
- [Update] Improved UX and locomotion - 2 January 2019
Happy New Year to all space lovers our there, We pushed an update for Rift, Vive and WMR headsets just before Christmas. You should now see a "Home Edition" tagline under the Overview logo in the menu. WHAT'S NEW Locomotion has been greatly improved in the Activity "Explore the Solar System." Instead of selecting a planet then pressing a button to Zoom In on it, you now just approach it at the Interplanetary Scale and it will automatically Zoom In past a certain proximity and bring you to the Planetary level. You can then roam freely around the planet and Increase/Decrease TimeScale as usual. Thank you for relaying any issue you may encounter through this Forum or at [email protected]. We have more updates planned in 2019 and we can't wait to share them with you!
- The science behind Overview - 23 November 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31737017%2Fd3b1d17b0b0aa76455c8b0c578c2d999b747193c.gif Is OVERVIEW scientifically accurate? When designing Overview, accuracy was one of our main concerns. We did not want Overview to end up being just a beautiful, awesome, virtual reality experience. We wanted astronomers and astrophysicists to be able to enjoy the show without any reservation. We wanted educators and parents to feel confident that their charges were in good (scientific) hands. We wanted the general public to enjoy the experience knowing that every single celestial body – the planets, the comets, the moons – was right where it should be, on a correct orbit, and perfectly to scale. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31737017%2Fcebef7d0b4d26d3568f67656dd98ae4cd813c010.gif How is it possible? This was no simple feat. In fact, i…
- Major update + Oculus compatibility - 19 July 2018
Major update: Oculus Rift compatibility Solar System exploration Full Chinese translation Reduced price NOW ON OCULUS RIFT The awakening VR experience OVERVIEW: Scale of our Universe is now compatible with all major headsets: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality. OVERVIEW is designed for room-scale, so you can stand up and move around! SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION In Explore the Solar System, you can visit the 8 planets of the Sun at your own pace, see all their moons from up close in great detail, fly through the asteroids belt, and even spot real comets. CHINESE TRANSLATION The audio narration was recorded with a professional Chinese actor. By the way, French voice acting is performed by Jean-François Clervoy, an astronaut who spent 28 days in space repairing the Hubble telescope. REDUCED PRICE Summer sales are over, but OVERVIEW maintains its discounted price at 9.99$ https://…
- Sooooooo... we WON!!! - 26 March 2018
OVERVIEW won "BEST EDUCATION EXPERIENCE" at Viveport Developer Awards! After a long wait, Viveport announced the winners during GDC (Game Developer Conference) in San Francisco. Our VR space experience -powered by Space Engine- reached 1st place in the Education category, a great recognition for our involvement in creating high-quality content. Now we are back in Paris, enjoying jetlag, and we need to know more on the community hardware in order to better support Oculus Rift. If you own a Rift, please head to this thread, and tell us if you have Touch controllers. Woohoo!
- OVERVIEW wins a Viveport Developer Award - 26 March 2018
OVERVIEW was awarded "Best Education Experience" during the 2018 Viveport Developer Awards. Viveport announced the winners during the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco. Our VR space experience -powered by Space Engine- reached 1st place in the Education category, a great recognition for our involvement in creating high-quality content. Now we are back in Paris, enjoying jetlag, and we need to know more on the community hardware in order to better support Oculus Rift. If you own a Rift, please head to this thread, and tell us if you have Touch controllers. Woohoo!
- Viveport Dev Award! - 7 March 2018
OVERVIEW has been nominated for a Viveport Developer Award! Wa are now sure of winning 1st or 2nd place in the Education section: a recognition of our commitment to deliver a high-fidelity experience for everyone interested in space! The final announcement of winners will be made by HTC on March 19th at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco: of course we will keep the community updated. Fingers crossed!
- "Best Educative Experience" Nomination - 7 March 2018
OVERVIEW has been nominated for a Viveport Developer Award! Wa are now sure of winning 1st or 2nd place in the Education section: a recognition of our commitment to deliver a high-fidelity experience for everyone interested in space! The final announcement of winners will be made by HTC on March 19th at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco: of course we will keep the community updated. Fingers crossed!
- We are live on Steam! - 1 March 2018
We hope you enjoy OVERVIEW! The Steam version is for Vive and Windows Mixed Reality. You can run it on Rift but it is not optimized for Oculus and may not run as smoothly (we will release on Oculus store soon with a native Rift version). Please report any bugs or suggestions in the community hub: we will answer as soon as possible. Thanks, and have fun!
- We are live on Steam! - 1 March 2018
We hope you enjoy OVERVIEW! The Steam version is for Vive and Windows Mixed Reality. You can run it on Rift but it is not optimized for Oculus and may not run as smoothly (we will release on Oculus store soon with a native Rift version). Please report any bugs or suggestions in the community hub: we will answer as soon as possible. Thanks, and have fun!
- Buckle up! - 17 February 2018
We are getting ready for the launch of OVERVIEW in two weeks: prepare your Vive, wipe the dust off that astronomy book, and get ready for a sensational, emotional, existential experience! 30 minutes of narration, 2 interactive exploration modes, more coming up after launch, and many, many breakthrough moments to share with friends and relatives. This is useful, beautiful VR: we are proud of what we created. Enjoy!
- Buckle up! - 17 February 2018
We are getting ready for the launch of OVERVIEW in two weeks: prepare your Vive, wipe the dust off that astronomy book, and get ready for a sensational, emotional, existential experience! 30 minutes of narration, 2 interactive exploration modes, more coming up after launch, and many, many breakthrough moments to share with friends and relatives. This is useful, beautiful VR: we are proud of what we created. Enjoy!
