Art Authority Museum

  • 3.0
    out of 5
    33 Ratings
  • Promising, but not there yet

    Halverson

    Beautifully rendered art. A beautiful space, but I felt nausea almost immediately when the system move me around.

    Developer Response

    We've improved navigation to address that problem. We're still learning, so please leave any feedback at artauthority.museum.

  • My favorite app!

    KeithAndrade

    My new evening routine is to pick a museum playlist from Apple Music and then explore the five different rooms they have. When the app first came out, there was only one room now there are five rooms in each one is uniquely beautiful with different art pieces from different eras. With the right music it’s very emotional and feels like you’re in your own private museum showing. I look forward to them creating more rooms and adding more decorative props to keep me immersed. I am still blown away by how detailed the paintings are when I get really close and put my hands up to compare sizes. This is going to be the common future.

  • Incredible use for Vision Pro

    sammytree

    I absolutely love going to art museums, and this app with Vision Pro allows me to see things I would never get a chance to see otherwise. Sure there are old favorites that I have been lucky enough to see in person, like the Mona Lisa, but there are so many others that I never even knew existed. I strongly recommend trying out the subscription. I expect I will be revisiting often. The inclusion of temporary galleries from lesser known artists is especially exciting. It is truly incredible that we live in a time where a virtual museum of this quality is possible.

  • Great idea. Love where it’s going.

    1_DaveT

    I love where this is going. The immersive view in a gallery makes for a great presentation. Unfortunately, the forced navigation is a problem. Rather than being slid around to the right with the only option to being to stop, I would rather be able to navigate myself around the gallery, perhaps by just clicking on a painting in the distance. It would be even better if I could then zoom in/out as if I were walking close or further away. If the navigation changes, this will make for an excellent art gallery experience.

    Developer Response

    We've improved navigation as suggested. We're still learning, so please leave any feedback at artauthority.museum.

  • Great first release looking forward to seeing more.

    iMOBy

    Amazing first release. This has always been one of my dream applications for VR. I hope the developers will consider combining art in small groups on a wall the same way that Dr. Albert Barnes did in Philadelphia. It is a great way to learn about art. It could be awesome for users to be able to compose their own small groups of artwork and share them.

  • Not the same as seeing it live.

    Daybreaq

    I have been fortunate to have actually seen some of these artworks. When you see them in person after seeing infinite photos/recreations etc, you kinda go “Oh! I get it!” You are not going to have that reaction to these very flat, blah representations in this app. The images are no better than a photograph in a physical book. And a physical art book is still easier to look through.

  • Needs work.

    Randy in CNY

    The app doesn’t let you tour the museum. It drags you around it at a motion, sickness pace.. You can’t zoom in or look closely at the pictures and there’s no way to reverse.It has some promise, but is far from ready for prime time. I hope they continue and update the app in the future.

  • Needs work

    CHBarr

    Zoom out does not seem to work. Would be pay a fee, but not a subscription.

  • Let me move around

    Thisguy202020

    It moves you instead of freely exploring. So it doesn’t feel immersive

    Developer Response

    We think we've improved navigation quite a bit. We're still learning, so please leave any feedback at artauthority.museum.

  • A good idea but bad for VR

    9999998989

    The app immediately uses forced movement inside an immersive, VR space, which basically guarantees nausea for most users. If it instead, let the user explore freely or jumped from exhibit to exhibit, it would be a much more comfortable experience.

    Developer Response

    We think we've improved navigation quite a bit. We're still learning, so please leave any feedback at artauthority.museum.