You are correct that some of the statues are currently 2D, but this is not for performance reasons. Extant statues are now geographically distributed - they have to be visited & photographed & those images processed to generate 3D models. The models already in the simulation have required visits to various locations in the UK, France, Belgium, Germany & Luxembourg. Those which are not extant (or are inaccessible) have to be re-created by a 3D modeller. This takes time (and money). I considered it better to include 2D versions in the interim, rather than leaving the space empty.

Eve and the Serpent by Johannes Antonius van der Ven (now at Bootle Town Hall) is currently in the process of being modelled - the 2D version will be replaced by this 3D model at the next update (V1.2.?).

There are some items in the gallery (Gulliver, 3 statuettes, Joseph Towne's dissected head, the Tempest Prognosticator, the Willis & Gray and Davison organs; along with some cabinets and stands). Further cabinets and stands are currently being modelled, and these will be included in the next update. There is a lot to add, this takes time, both to research exactly what was where at the exhibition, and then to model it. I made a judgement to produce a first release once a large part of the nave and transept were filled - I figured it was best to share something partially completed earlier, rather than wait a very long time until a lot more was modelled. There is a limit to what one person can do - I am working as fast as I can!

This application was originally developed as VR-only. However, Steam provide code which supports a "fallback camera" if a headset is not detected. The use of right mouse button to enable camera movement is the default in that code. Some enhancements have been made to this code (including keeping the camera a constant height above the floor and avoiding passing through objects). The camera controlled mouse movement has also been improved from the default (by default motion of the camera was bound by the mouse reaching the limits of the screen, this has been changed to make it unbound).

[4 Jan 2025]
I missed your 27 Nov update (sorry - Dec was a bit of a blurr!) - thank you.

Whilst statues are on hold I'm concentrating on locomotives.

Statues are in 3 categories: extant (accessible); extant (not accessible); lost. The first category there are a few I hope to visit in the next few weeks (to photograph & model). The others the intention is to make full 3D models of all in due course. A half 3D / half flat would probably be harder to achieve than full 3D (& wouldn't look as good). A modeller is lined up, and as many images as possible are being collected for the modeller to work from. Unfortunately I cannot yet give a timescale.