VR Battleship Yamato
VR Battleship Yamato
Walk the decks of the Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever built, restored at full scale in VR from original blueprints and the memories of surviving crew. Climb to the bridge, step inside a main gun turret and see the ship come to life around you.
VR Battleship Yamato is a full scale virtual reconstruction of the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato, developed and published by Kanda Technologies and released on Steam on 17 August 2017. Completed in 1941, Yamato was the largest battleship ever built, and she was sunk by American aircraft in April 1945. The reconstruction is based on blueprints and on the recollections of surviving crew members.
You can walk the deck, climb the bridge and go inside the ship, visiting areas including the first bridge, the interior of a main gun turret, the fire control centre, the captain's cabin, the pilot house, the hangar and the ship's kitchen. You can watch crew take command and see the main guns fire close up. It is VR only, runs on PC through SteamVR or Oculus PC, and has English and Japanese audio and subtitles. Steam users rate it Very Positive, 90% of 81 reviews.
- Full scale restoration of a famous ship
- Based on blueprints and crew recollections
- Many interior and exterior areas
- Very Positive Steam reviews
- English and Japanese audio
- Free demo to try first
- $44.99 is expensive
- PC VR only
- Limited explanation of historical context
- Gunfire shown close up
- Niche topic for most UK curricula
- Developer
- Kanda Technologies
- Release
- 17 August 2017
- Price
- $44.99
- Demo
- Free on Steam
- Platform
- SteamVR, Oculus PC
- Steam rating
- Very Positive, 90% of 81
- Languages
- English, Japanese
