Nefertari: Journey to Eternity
Nefertari: Journey to Eternity
The tomb of Queen Nefertari is one of the most beautiful in Egypt, and one of the hardest to visit: it is largely closed to protect its fragile paintings. This free experience lets you walk through a photorealistic scan of every chamber by lamplight, with interactive points that explain the art, history, construction and mythology around you.
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Nefertari: Journey to Eternity is a free virtual reality tour of the tomb of Queen Nefertari, the favourite wife of the pharaoh Ramesses II, who died around 1255 BCE. It was created by Experius VR with the streaming service CuriosityStream and released on Steam on 28 June 2018. The tomb lies in the Valley of the Queens in southern Egypt and covers around 520 square metres of chambers and passages.
To build it, three members of the Experius VR team spent two days inside the tomb capturing it with 3D scanning and thousands of overlapping photographs, a technique called photogrammetry. The result is remarkably lifelike: the painted walls, the ceiling of golden stars and the images of Nefertari with the gods all look as they do in real life, lit by oil lamps and the torch you carry. You move around by teleporting, and interactive points share information about the tomb’s art, history, construction and mythology.
- Completely free
- Photorealistic scan of a real, closed tomb
- Atmospheric lamplight and handheld torch
- Interactive points on art, history and beliefs
- Very positive reviews (92% of 236)
- Calm and suitable for all ages
- Needs a powerful gaming PC
- Large 14 GB download
- Room scale space of 2m by 1.5m
- No standalone Quest version
- English only
- One tomb, so best as a focused lesson
- Developer
- Experius VR
- Publisher
- CuriosityStream
- Released
- 28 June 2018
- Price
- Free (Steam)
- Location
- Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens, Egypt
- Steam reviews
- Very positive: 92% of 236
- Minimum PC
- Intel Core i7 • 8 GB RAM • GTX 1060 class
- Storage
- 14 GB
- Play area
- Room scale, 2m by 1.5m
- Language
- English
