VR Paintings™ is an app created by Dave Alber at http://davealber.com.
VR Paintings™app is a Virtual Reality VR gallery app for viewing VR paintings or VR art. The interface of VR Paintings™ app is called The Floating Gallery™. Visitors use this gallery to view Hybrid VR Paintings™. These paintings are physical paintings that actually exist in the real world. However, within the virtual world of the VR Paintings™ app, they become fully immersive VR realities.
Furthermore, within the VR Paintings™ app virtual reality environment each painting becomes a compositional playground, rich with endless possibilities for the curious viewer.
VR Paintings app is available at Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.
However, The Floating Gallery™ is best experienced from the VR Paintings™ app using your mobile phone or your VR headset.
If you do not have a copy of the VR Paintings™ app then you may order it from the links below:
Instructions:
Installing the app:
- For iOS, go to the App Store, search for VR Paintings, download the app.
- For Android, go to Google Play, search for VR Paintings, download the app.
- For Oculus, (wait until its uploaded to the Oculus store.)
Navigating The Floating Gallery™:
You can navigate the floating gallery:
- online at http://thefloatinggallery.com (navigate right, left, up, and down by scrolling mouse or touchpad; tap to launch button options; two fingers up on the touchpad zooms out; two fingers down on the touchpad zooms in)
- on iOS and Android:
- with a VR headset
- without a VR headset
- gyro controlled
- touch controlled (navigate right, left, up, and down by scrolling fingers; tap to launch button options; pinching the screen zooms out; reverse pinch zooms in)
- on Oculus
Buttons:
In the VR Paintings™ app‘s floating gallery there are 5 main button types:
Enter an exhibition room or Hybrid VR Painting™ as a fully immersive 360° environment
View a Hybrid VR Painting™ as it appears as a 2D physical wall painting
Receive information about a gallery exhibition or Hybrid VR Painting™
Transports you to the webpage for this gallery or Hybrid VR Painting™
Returns you to The Floating Gallery™ foyer
There are two areas of actionable text:
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- Join the Hybrid VR Painting™ Club transports you to an online page to join this private email list
- Let me email you this information as a PDF transports you to an online page where you can receive a PDF download of requested information
The Floating Gallery™:
The Floating Gallery™ is the fully immersive VR environment where visitors interact with VR paintings. An online version is HERE. However, the VR Paintings™ app has far more interactivity.
Hybrid VR Paintings™:
Within The Floating Gallery™, each Hybrid VR Painting™ may be experienced as an interactive 360° environment. In other words, with VR technology, you can fully enter into each painting and experience the painted world as an immersive 360° space.
Simulation:
Click the image below to see a simulation. (NOTE:The VR Paintings™ app and The Floating Gallery™ have far more functionality. This is just a simulation.)
Compositional Playground:
Within the VR Paintings™ app‘s Floating Gallery™, in addition to each painting being an interactive 360° environment… each painting is also a compositional playground for the viewer to interact with. (This works especially well with using the app without a headset and choosing touch control.) By zooming in and out and adjusting the space, the curious viewer can create an unlimited number of new painted compositions. On the iPhone… you can take screenshots of your compositional playground images by pressing and holding the power button on the right side and clicking the home button at the exact same time. As one client told me, “Exploring the compositional playground is like painted jazz.”
Feedback:
“I hope you have an amazingly positive experience using the VR Paintings™ app. That is what I wish for everyone. As the developer, I am happy to hear from you about your experience with the VR Paintings™ app. As I seek to improve the app on a daily basis, feedback about improving your positive experience is always helpful and welcome. Have a great day.” — Dave Alber
Refunds:
If you would like a refund for your purchase, developers do not have access to the App Store purchase records, so to apply for a refund, please contact Apple Support at the following links: https://reportaproblem.apple.com and https://support.apple.com/itunes.
Praise for VR Paintings™:
“So far, I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback for the VR Paintings™ app. If you would like to share your story of your positive experience with the app, I would love to hear it. Thank you for being a bright star in my sky!”
