# Near the Speed of Light — VR/mobile crossplay

> VR/mobile crossplay (iPhone/iPad app by Abelana VR Productions Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/near-the-speed-of-light/id6466729484 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Abelana VR Productions Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1455306897)
- Category: Education, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 540 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2023-09-20
- Data updated: 2026-02-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/near-the-speed-of-light/id6466729484/reviews.md

## What is Near the Speed of Light?

THIS APPLICATION CAN BE USED ONLY TOGETHER WITH A CORRESPONDING VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE. A multiplayer VR/mobile crossplay experience designed for a class of students who can play as a team against virtual reality players in an educational simulation that advances understanding of relativistic effects. Fly a squadron of shuttles and learn what happens when you approach the speed of light, experience changes that happen due to the Relativistic Doppler Effect, the Headlight Effect, Lorentz Contraction and Time Asynchronisation - all while having fun and engaging gameplay with your friends.

This is another immersive experience in the Visceral Science series by the World Science Festival. The application was developed with the help of the OpenRelativity toolkit created by the MIT Game Lab.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.2 — 2024-03-14

Fixed voice chat 
Updated "Quasar" ability

### 1.6.1 — 2024-02-28

Quasar ship super-ability behaviour fix

### 1.6 — 2024-02-27

Fixed textures of ships in lobby and VFX effects update

### 1.5 — 2024-01-10

- Added ability to play with the web version of the application
- Bug fix

### 1.4 — 2023-09-20

No release notes.

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