HomeStar VR
Homestar VR
A relaxing VR planetarium from the makers of the HOMESTAR home star projector. Lie back under a sky that wraps all the way down to your feet, travel to famous stargazing spots, watch the aurora and recreate the night sky on a date that matters to you.
Homestar VR is a virtual reality planetarium from The Pocket Company, based on the HOMESTAR home planetarium projector made with Sega Toys. The HOMESTAR range is supervised by the planetarium designer Takayuki Ohira and has sold more than 1.7 million units worldwide. The standard Homestar VR app came to Meta Quest on 18 June 2020, offering three relaxing modes: World Sky Time Travel, VR Celestial Planetarium and Starry Sky Selection. It is rated 3.2 from 51 ratings.
Homestar VR: Special Edition followed on 12 October 2020 for $24.99 and is better rated, at 4.1 from 52 ratings. It shows a full sky based on NASA data that extends down to your feet, lets you recreate the sky on a meaningful date such as a birthday, and includes a Starry Sky Selection of famous stargazing locations, some with aurora. A lying down mode lets you watch from a sofa or reclining seat. Narration is by voice actors including Donna Burke, Jun Fukuyama and Sayaka Ohara. Both versions are single player and rated for everyone.
- Beautiful, immersive night skies
- Based on NASA data
- Runs standalone on Quest
- Lying down mode
- Recreate the sky on any date
- Rated for everyone
- Special Edition costs $24.99
- Little structured teaching content
- Standard version has a mixed rating
- Designed for relaxation more than learning
- Few ratings overall
