Blue Flame VR
Blue Flame VR
Relive the day in 1970 when Gary Gabelich drove the rocket powered Blue Flame across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to a world land speed record. Walk around the car, look under its skin, sit in the cockpit, watch a film about the run and ride along.
Blue Flame VR is an educational VR app by Michal Bárta, published by 3DA and released on Steam on 23 October 2017 for $4.99. It recreates the record run of 23 October 1970, when Gary Gabelich drove the rocket powered Blue Flame across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to a world land speed record, making it the first car to pass 1,000 km/h.
The app has three modes: Explore, Cinema and Ride. You can walk around a detailed 3D model of the car, look under its body panels, sit in the cockpit and read the story behind the vehicle, watch a film about the record, and experience a ride along the salt flats. It needs SteamVR, is English only and has very few user reviews.
- Detailed model of a record breaking car
- Three different ways to experience it
- Links to forces, motion and engineering
- Inexpensive
- PC VR only
- Very few user reviews
- Niche subject
- English only
- Ride mode may cause discomfort
