World War II Submarine in Virtual Reality
Experience the quiet tension of convoy raiding as a World War 2 era Submarine in Virtual Reality. From manipulating old timey WW2 dials wheels, to lining up the crosshairs of your deck gun, this is a truly immersive experience.
Each room on the cramped submarine is well realised in VR. From navigating the command room to loading torpedoes in the weapon’s room to managing your speed and engines in the engine room.
Gameplay
A submarine simulator with an oh-so-real feel, this VR game puts you in the captain’s chair during World War II. You’ll move through narrow corridors, load torpedoes, and take on enemy ships in a story campaign or co-op mode.
The game’s claustrophobic setting is augmented by realistic WW2 dials and wheels to manipulate, as well as the submarine’s real-world controls. It’s easy to get caught up in the rush of gunning down enemy planes with your deck gun or the cold calculation of lining your periscope over an unsuspecting ship.
Fans of realistic naval combat may want to keep an eye out for Modern Naval Warfare, a new VR game from The Maslas Bros and Slitherine due out in 2022. The game will let you command a Virginia-class attack submarine and battleships in an online/local multiplayer experience, duels with destroyers, and sink merchant vessels.
Graphics
With stunning high-definition graphics, VR Submarine offers a fully immersive virtual reality experience. The game immerses the player in a submarine simulator and lets them interact with a variety of underwater creatures. Players can swim alongside clownfish, marvel at the vibrant coral reefs, and watch dolphins and penguins perform amazing acrobatics.
The app is available in both English and Italian, and is designed for use with a cardboard viewer. The app features photographic VR Submarine spherical images of the submarine, audio recordings made on board, and various interactive objects. It also includes a number of interesting anecdotes about life on the ship.
The app also has a number of sound effects, such as the sound of surfacing and diving, ambient noise, engine sounds, running underwater, hatch closing, torpedo launching, and more. A two-way analysis of variance showed that the audio variations were influential on all dimensions of perceived realism and immersion.
Sound
Using Nuendo, the world’s most complete DAW for post-production and game sound design, you can create immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences that immerse the listener in the scene. The Nuendo integration with DearVR Spatial Connect lets you directly import HRTF data and place sounds with a high level of accuracy.
In Experiment 1, we varied the type of audio presented via headphones that accompanied the VR and measured their impact on perceived presence, realism, involvement and auditory aspects of exposure to the virtual environment. Compared to the unimodal condition of simply playing back the treadmill noises, the multimodal condition with both noise canceling and step sounds triggered by pressure sensors in the sandals significantly enhanced presence ratings.
It was also surprising that spatial presence, a dimension of presence related to one’s sense of being located in the virtual environment, was not influenced by our manipulation of the auditory environment. This may be because the sounds chosen, even though they were localizable through Unity’s directional audio rendering system (e.g., the ringing of church bells), did not provide cues for orientation.
Controls
Using VR to control submarines has long been an aspiration of the military. Now, the Navy is finally making it a reality.
The upcoming UBOAT: Silent Wolf lets players explore the ocean as a submarine captain, and even hunt down enemy vessels via periscope or torpedo. The new trailer reveals realistic UIs, a range of attack options and a massive map to traverse.
Interestingly, this is one of the few VR games that makes good use of touch controllers to navigate menus and the like. That said, it still doesn’t have the same feel as a console game, with your physical body sometimes disengaging from your playspace in certain situations (like when you are trying to hold your seaglide). Other issues are more minor, such as having to tap buttons on the PDA in order to change which quick slot item is currently active.
Submarines
When it comes to cutting-edge military technology, few companies can match United Kingdom defense contractor BAE Systems. From military drones that can be “grown” in a lab to energy-scattering deflector shields, the company has long been at the forefront of developing technologies with the potential to shape our future.
The new VR submarine simulator puts players in the captain’s chair, allowing them to search for enemy ships via periscope, destroy aircraft with their deck gun and load torpedoes in the weapons room. Those who suffer from claustrophobia should be cautious, though — the virtual confines of the submarine are pretty tight.
The simulation also does a good job of simulating some of the more technical aspects of VR UFO Machine submarine operations, such as ship recognition. This is one of the skills that all sub sailors get drilled with, because it’s essential to avoiding collisions with surface vessels and air vehicles.
IronWolf
IronWolf is a free Non-VR submarine game with a light touch on realism making the sub sim genre accessible to more players. The game has a lot of pacing & waiting, especially when playing solo missions. For example, any time the World War 2 era submarine takes damage it will leak. Welding the leaks in this game is a long and tedious task.
The submarine in this game looks like a Type II or shrunk VII German U-boat. The crew’s helmets also look similar to those of the u-boat crews.
Polish developer Titan Gamez is working on another submarine simulation game for VR headsets. UBOAT: The Silent Wolf will offer a story campaign and co-op play with three other crew members. The game will include a variety of sea battles that are sure to be fun and claustrophobic. The game will also feature realistic UIs.