The Apollo 11 Virtual Reality Experience - Education VR

A project in Dublin, Ireland by David Whelan
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Using Virtual Reality you will become Neil Armstrong on what is the 20th century's most enduring achievement.
Backers: 1407
Average Pledge Per Backer: €26

Funded: €36,623 of €30,000
Dates: Feb 7th -> Mar 14th (35 days)
Project By: David Whelan
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This is the reason why we do this

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, We just spotted this on YouTube. Please watch, it sums everything up   (Read More)

The Eagle Has Landed :)

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
First Footprint on the Moon We made it to our goal. We couldn't have done it without you. Thanks so much to each and every one of you. We have a few hours left before the campaign closes and the support from you guys has been amazing and... (Read More)

Stretch Goals

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All We are almost past the finishing line. Thank you all so much for making this happen. We have been asked by many of you to post our stretch goals so here they are.  We would have liked to do this earlier but we wanted to wait until we were... (Read More)

Minor Bug Fixs

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All We hope your enjoying our latest demo but we did notice a couple of issues. Below are links to an updated version which reduces the lighting in the CM and also fix's the dark pencil issue.  http://we.tl/2UTJ8IRqKN Windows ... (Read More)

One Giant Leap – New Demo – Mac & Linux Support

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Firstly many thanks to everybody who has supported us on our Kickstarter journey so far.  It’s been a real roller-coaster of a ride which is almost at an end. We have been so busy working hard in the background and have finally completed our new... (Read More)

Polishing Update Before Release

March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All Just wanted to let you know we are on track to release our new demo this week using Oculus Runtime 0.4.4 which we hope will also allow us to finally publish a working Mac demo. CM WIP - Click Image to View Larger  (Read More)

T Minus 1 Week and Counting

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All Only 7 days left before our campaign ends. It's been a great month and we have listened to all your feedback. We have been busy rebuilding the Command Module and below represents a work in progress shot of the main console with every switch... (Read More)

Working Hard

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All We just wanted to give you a quick update on our progress. We had planned to release a minor update this week with our new retro media room but have decided to hold off and release a larger update that will include the 60's Retro Room and the... (Read More)

New Reward Tiers

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All Thanks so much for your support we are over 50% funded. We have just added some new reward tiers and wanted to share them with you. Major Tom Lite €20This gets you a  copy of the official release 1 week early. Moon Struck €35Get your... (Read More)

Our Team is Growing - The Eagle has Landed

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We would like to thank everybody who has supported us and introduce you to some new team members.   Mario a.k.a ( I14R10 ) has lots of experience in creating space vehicles and created this interior model of the Lunar Module ( see image above and... (Read More)

What they left behind ?

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We just wanted to let you guys know that our demo update will be available in the next few days. In the meantime we thought you would like to hear some interesting facts about the mission. Below are a list of objects left behind by Buzz and Neil... (Read More)

Updated Demo Coming Soon

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of you for the overwhelmingly positive response to our first prototype demo and for the excellent feedback. We will be releasing a new demo in the next few days with some updates and tweaks including the widely asked for 60’s retro... (Read More)

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February 13th - via: toybox.io9.com
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One third funded after our first week.

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank You to all the Backers  (Read More)

A brilliant first day and a giant leap forward

February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
To everyone who has backed us so for we want to express a massive and humble thank you to you all. We could never have imagined that within 24 hours we would have reached 10% of our target goal already and we are so very thankful. I've read all the... (Read More)

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