Friday, April 26, 2013

'Eve Online' developer builds a virtual reality space dogfighting simulation using Oculus Rift

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If you had any question whether the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset would lead to desirable new games, just ask any of the 1,500 people who attended FanFest 2013 in Iceland this year. There, Eve Online developer CCP showed off "EVR," a proof-of-concept game, which stuffs players into the virtual cockpits of a 360-degree turn-and-burn multiplayer space dogfighting simulation that appears to be set in the Eve Online universe. If reports from the conference are any indication, attendees who tried the game were extremely impressed.


It looks something like this, if you can imagine this trailer inside the wraparound 3D view of a virtual reality headset:


Presently, the demo uses a standard gamepad to fly around and fire weapons, but the...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/26/4271884/oculus-rift-eve-online-evr-space-dogfighting-proof-of-concept

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