Seattle’s annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. So, here’s a reference guide on where to find VR on the show floor along with some handy expo floor maps to ease your itinerary planning.
PAX West returns to Seattle this September 2-5 at the Washington State Convention Center, and this year, virtual reality will be more prominent than ever. In addition to a large number of VR exhibitors, PAX will have talks dedicated to VR as well as a new “VR Freeplay” area. The freeplay area, located away from the main convention center on the 4th floor of the Seattle Westin, will be open throughout the long weekend and will have both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive available to try out.
To make things easier for VR-inclined PAX attendees, we’ve compiled a list of where you can experience VR at PAX West 2016. Booth locations are provided in brackets, and the headsets available are in parenthesis. The devices listed are what will be available to demo at that booth, but not necessarily the full list of supported headsets. We will update this list as PAX rolls on, so let us know about any omissions in the comments below. Finally, check further down for high resolution maps of the show floor and opening times.
VR Exhibitors
Location |
Company |
Showing |
VR Headsets |
| [S4] | 2K | Carnival Games VR | (Oculus Rift) |
| [Westin, 4th Floor] | 3D Rudder | ||
| [610] | Adult Swim Games | Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-Ality | (HTC Vive) |
| [223] | Alienware | (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift) | |
| [1613] | AMD | (Oculus Rift) | |
| [2623] | Anshar Studios | Detached | (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift) |
| [1601] | Capcom | Resident Evil 7 “Kitchen” Demo | (PlayStation VR) |
| [2623] | Carbon Studio | AliceVR | (Oculus Rift) |
| [650] | Cyan | Obduction | (Oculus Rift) |
| [859] | Funomena | Luna VR | (Oculus Rift) |
| [1713] | Harmonix | No Public VR at PAX |
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| [7210] | High Voltage Software | Damaged Core and Dragon Front | (Gear VR, Oculus Rift) |
| [2623] | The House of Fables | Wrath of Loki | (Gear VR) |
| [625] | Intel (HTC Vive) | Raw Data | (HTC Vive) |
| [Westin, 4th Floor] | More Equal Studios | Project Earth Shaker | (HTC Vive) |
| [Westin, 4th Floor] | MyDream Interactive | MyDream VR | (Oculus Rift) |
| [6010] | New Blood | (TBD) | (TBD) |
| [803] | NVIDIA | (TBD) | (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift) |
| [Westin, 4th Floor] | Oculus | (TBD) | (Oculus Rift) |
| [Westin, 4th Floor] | Reload Studios | World War Toons | (Oculus Rift) |
| [754] | Revival Productions | Overload | (Oculus Rift) |
| [100, 103, 109, 203, 209] | Sony | Various – See List Below | (PlayStation VR) |
| [Convention Center, 6th Floor] | Star Trek VR (Oculus Rift) | ||
| [857] | StellarVR | Korix | (PlayStation VR) |
| [625] | Survios | Raw Data | (HTC Vive) |
| [6312] | Surprise Attack Games | Blind | (Oculus Rift) |
| [Westin, 4th Floor] | Wizard Games | Hoops VR | (HTC Vive) |
| [2121] | Asus RoG | Minecraft | (HTC Vive) |
| [1102, 1303] | Bethesda | Doom VR, Fallout 4 | (HTC Vive) |
| [433] | Cooler Master | The Lab | (HTC Vive) |
| [7216] | Quantum Squid Interactive | Lost Magic | (HTC Vive) |
| [341, 343] | Red Meat Games | First Impact | (HTC Vive) |
| [844] | Secret Location | Blasters of the Universe | (HTC Vive. Oculus Rift) |
| [605] | Ubisoft | Eagle Flight, Werewolf Within | (Oculus Rift) |
Sony PlayStation VR Games at Pax West 2016
Sony have announced some of the games which will be present on the show floor at PAX, with 10 titles either built for Sony’s new PS4 powered VR headset, or have announced VR specific features:
- Batman: Arkham VR, PSVR
- Farpoint, PSVR
- PlayStation VR Worlds, PSVR
- Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, PSVR
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, PS4 / PSVR (VR presence unknown)
- Rez Infinite, PSVR
- Rigs Mechanized Combat League, PSVR
- Thumper, PS4
- Wayward Sky, PSVR
- Final Fantasy XV, PS4 / PSVR (VR presence unknown)
Maps and Directories
You can access information about PAX West 2016 on the go by gabbing the official mobile apps for IOS, Android and Windows Phone. However, so that you can plan your schedule more effective and comfortably on your PC, check out these high-res show floor maps posted by NeoGaf forum member krae_man (click the images for larger versions).
Pax West 2016 Expo Hall Times
- Friday September 2nd: 10am – 6pm
- Saturday September 3rd: 10am – 6pm
- Sunday September 4th: 10am – 6pm
- Monday September 5th: 10am – 6pm
Road to VR will be at PAX West in Seattle covering the show. If you have any tips to share or would like to arrange a meeting, let us know at tips@roadtovr.com.