It doesn’t looks like there’s going to be much in the way of new games for PlayStation VR (PSVR) this week, but there is a new video app debuting today for those interested.
Lens, as the app is called, is a free platform for watch both 2D and 3D 360 degree content, available now from the PlayStation Store in the EU. There’s no word on if it could come to the US just yet. It looks largely similar to other 360 degree apps, offering short experiences that you can immerse yourself in and look around as if you were really there. The app is also available on pretty much every other VR headset out there right now.
Alongside a range of generic 360 videos, Lens is pushing Remember, a Chinese-made series that tells the story of a grieving mother using VR to relive moments of her life. It’s a rare look at story-driven 360 degree content, which is a format that filmmakers still haven’t perfected, but holds a lot of promise for the future. Only the first episode is available right now, but it’s one of the longer VR videos you’ll find at 19 minutes in length.
Overall the app has a few problems; at one point I couldn’t get Remember to play in its entirity, instead only playing the trailer, and every time I tried to back out to the main menu the app crashed.
Now that YouTube is available on PSVR we question how necessary apps like this really are. Some apps like Jaunt and Within has exclusive content that help them stand apart, but you could argue YouTube’s already found its VR and it’s, well, YouTube.
Still, as we said, there isn’t really anything else coming to the headset this week other than some new DLC for Resident Evil 7, so you might want to get it out all the same.
