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  • People
    A..Z List of Medieval People
    Kings and Queens of England Kings of Scotland Kings of France Kings of Denmark Emporers of Byzantine Popes and Antipopes Crusader States and their Rulers
    Family Trees
  • Life
    Life in Medieval Times
    Life in a Castle The Feudal System Country Life and Agriculture Life in a Medieval Town Life in a Religious Community
  • Castles
    Castle Index Page Castle Development
    Early Fortifications Motte and bailey Castles Square Keeps Castle of William the Conqueror Concentric Castles Castles of Edward I
    Castle Siege Tactics Parts of a Castle
    Locations of over 300 Castles
  • Places
    A..Z list of Medieval Buildings 3D Virtual Reconstructions Maps Photographs
    Abbeys and Monasteries Cathedrals Medieval Architecture
  • 3D/VR
    3D Virtual Reconstructions VR Experiences
    Virtual Motte and Bailey Castle Virtual Norman Keep Virtual Siege Engines
    Etal Castle Skenfrith Castle Middleham Castle
    Knights Training
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TimeRef.com
  • Episodes
    Episode Index
    Key Dates Timelines
    By Category
    This day in history
  • People
    A..Z List of Medieval People
    Kings and Queens of England Kings of Scotland Kings of France Kings of Denmark Emporers of Byzantine Popes and Antipopes Crusader States and their Rulers
    Family Trees
  • Life
    Life in Medieval Times
    Life in a Castle The Feudal System Country Life and Agriculture Life in a Medieval Town Life in a Religious Community
  • Castles
    Castle Index Page Castle Development
    Early Fortifications Motte and bailey Castles Square Keeps Castle of William the Conqueror Concentric Castles Castles of Edward I
    Castle Siege Tactics Parts of a Castle
    Locations of over 300 Castles
  • Places
    A..Z list of Medieval Buildings 3D Virtual Reconstructions Maps Photographs
    Abbeys and Monasteries Cathedrals Medieval Architecture
  • 3D/VR
    3D Virtual Reconstructions VR Experiences
    Virtual Motte and Bailey Castle Virtual Norman Keep Virtual Siege Engines
    Etal Castle Skenfrith Castle Middleham Castle
    Knights Training
  • More
    Glossary of Terms
    Games
    Copyright / About TimeRef.com Contact the Author
VR Experiences
VR Experiences
Please note that the TimeRef website is currently being redesigned.

VR Experiences

Use a VR headset to transport yourself back up to a thousand years and experience life in medieval times.

Built using the popular game development tool Unity 3D, these reconstructions allows you to stand in medieval environments.

These reconstuctions have been tested on an Oculus Quest, but could work on other webvr enabled devices.

To try this on an Oculus Quest, use the built-in browser to navigate to this web page.

Medieval Town - Market Street

 

Stand in a busy medieval market street. This is a simple experience and puts you at the heart of a medieval street where traders sell their goods to the town's inhabitants.

Tested on an Oculus Quest. This reconstruction should also work on a laptop/desktop PC but will have limited functionality.

Medieval Town - Theatre Entrance

 

Stand just outside a medieval theatre. This is a simple experience and puts you near a similar building to the Globe Theatre where William Shakespeare's plays were performed.

Tested on an Oculus Quest. This reconstruction should also work on a laptop/desktop PC but will have limited functionality.

Medieval Town - Inside the Theatre

 

Stand inside a medieval theatre. This is a simple experience and puts you inside a similar building to the Globe Theatre where William Shakespeare's plays were performed.

Tested on an Oculus Quest. This reconstruction should also work on a laptop/desktop PC but will have limited functionality.

WebXR

WebXR leverages existing web technologies to create interactive VR experiences. Content built with the new WebXR standard is designed to deliver immersive experiences in VR. WebXR is compatible with all modern web browsers on PCs and mobiles.

The following are really early experiments

Please note that items 1 and 2 send information back to Google to help improve compatibility and reliability.

Experiment 1: Inside a room

Experiment 2: A Castle

Medieval Castles

  • Castle Index Page
  • Castle Index Page
  • Why build and live in castles
  • Castle development timeline

Types of castles

  • Early Fortifications
  • Keep and bailey castles
  • Castles of William the Conqueror
  • Motte and bailey castles
  • Square keeps
  • Shell-Keeps
  • Polygonal Keeps
  • Concentric Castles

Other details

  • Castles of Edward I
  • Medieval Castle Builders
  • Medieval Siege Tactics
  • The Trebuchet
  • Siege Towers
  • Parts of a castle
  • Location of 300+ UK castles
  • Location by UK county

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