Google is offering the opportunity to take a virtual tour of Versailles. You can tour the Palace of Versailles, view hundreds of works of art in ultra-high resolution, and, in addition, use all of the Google Arts and Culture apps.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
The Palace of Versailles is the former royal residence of France. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lived there when the French Revolution began in 1789. And now Versailles is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the attractions in France.
For those who cannot visit the Palace of Versailles, Google has created a virtual tour dedicated to Versailles, its history, its inhabitants, and the many works of art contained within the walls of its palace.
Versailles was already part of the Google Arts and Culture app, so with the new virtual tour, there are now 18 new virtual exhibitions with a total of 340 works of art, including members of the royal family, archival photos of Versailles, and more.
The virtual tour is available as an app through Steam and is called VersaillesVR. It requires you to have one of the following virtual reality headsets: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, or Valve Index.
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