I teach the youth at church, usually the teens, but sometimes as young as five years old, and this app’s search function gives you an interactive activity for every age group with a click of a button. I taught about Christmas and the nativity scene as the five year olds colored. Ten year olds jumped up and circled around the augmented reality items. 12-14 year old loved the group game. I’m excited to see what else comes as the content grows!

I love the interactive temple and tabernacle. Still checking out all the other stuff. I’m sure my son will like the games. I had an issue logging in but the support team reached out to me later (I didn’t have to contact them), they fixed it, and made it right.Thank you!

Update 1:While I appreciate that a mobile AR/VR experience will not rise to the same level of quality as a desktop based VR system, the mobile experience of static models and images still falls far short of what mobile AR/VR is capable of.Try Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs for example. This is a mobile AR experience that far outstrips what Immersive Bible does. It features interactive characters and real-time physics simulation. I’m not even asking for physics, just scripted interactions!The requirement a full desktop VR system for any kind of interaction is full of issues. First of all I don’t have the extra money to burn on such a system. I also don’t have the space. Such a system would be difficult to bring to Bible study or to a church summer camp. It’s also difficult to casually show someone if it comes up randomly in discussion. Finally, if I did have the money and space to dedicate to a VR system, I wouldn’t be buying the system tied to Facebook, there’s too many privacy concerns there.Original Post:When I saw this project on Kickstarter, I had gotten the idea that they were going to make history come alive with characters moving and acting in a VR and AR space. Unfortunately that is not the case.What the VR and AR content instead is little more than static marble statues.When I think of “immersive history” I expect to be able to feel like I have stepped out of a time machine and into the past. I expect to be able to see the lives of people and historical events playing out. I even expect to be able to interact with objects and have conversations (yes, perhaps pre-scripted) with people. I expect to see history come alive before my eyes. The Oculus animated short “Henry” is and example of the absolute minimum of what I expect.I don’t expect static objects and marble statues. I don’t expect an app that feels like a web app and I don’t expect to be kicked out to Safari for the AR experiences.

I’ve never been a big fan of reading. Words on a page are just too much. It is nice to have something that allows me to really experience the Bible in a more interactive way. It has been great to see the stories and play the games. I can’t wait for more.