Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences.
[08:46] is a narrative driven experience set during the 9/11 attacks which makes you embody an office worker in the North Tower of the World Trade Center, emphasizing the victims’ point of view.
Based on countless hours of research in order to try to properly recreate the atmosphere and dynamics within the top floors of the towers, [08:46] was designed and developed as a school project during three months by a six members team, working in close collaboration with two actors for mocap and voice acting.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK1, DK2 (Windows)
Download9. Late Night Shop
A first person mannequin evader. The rules are simple: Get to the exit of each level without the creeps touching you. They only move when you can’t see them. Sounds easy enough, doesn’t it?
Mechanically simple but dynamically deep, the finished game will combine jump scares and funhouse surrealism with tactical planning and stealth. It will also include multiplayer, with players hot-swapping between mannequins to stop the runner getting to the exit.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Download8. Time Machine VR
A plague is consuming humankind. Civilization faces extinction. As a time-travelling scientist, you must go back to the Jurassic and face ancient creatures whose DNA holds the key to our survival. Pilot your time machine through prehistoric oceans, investigate these beasts, and save the human race.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Go deep into the ocean and come face to face with one of nature’s monsters. Not for faint-hearted!
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
For a moment you are going to step into a world in which time has no meaning and the impossible will bring about the end of the world. Sit down, look around and enjoy your view of the end of the world in this intimately detailed “appartment room that is being blocked in by enormous Tetris blocks while they destroy the world” diorama.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Gex-Go-Round, where you can experience a high-speed carousel ride, with the panorama of Grand Canyon around. So hold on tight and enjoy your ride.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Flying Aces VR is a flight sim/combat game set during World War 1. Take to the skies and experience the birth and rise of aerial combat during the Great War (1914-1918). Develop and test your piloting, gunning and bombing skills in structured missions, and lead your side to victory from above!
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
“Explore your surroundings and dive deep into an ancient cave system. Follow the drone ship and discover the horrific truth about the darkest of all places… “ SONAR is a new kind of cinematic entertainment, striking a balance between traditional movie making and interactive media. The shortfilm is a fully immersive, slow paced, 360° computer-generated experience.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK1/DK2 (Windows), Gear VR, Android
See Also: Review – Descend into a 360 3D Abyss with SONAR on Gear VR
We love racing games and we hope you do too. Here’s a racing demo called Stunt Kart recently updated to SDK 0.7.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
Please, take a seat. You’ll be here for a while. Don’t worry, you won’t be alone. Let these creatures welcome you… They’ll keep you company. Give you a taste of a dark surreal experience. Don’t be afraid just yet… Perhaps they will spare you this time around. After all… the nastiest thing they can do to you will only be virtual. But… then again… You will probably be wishing you were in a real dream.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows), OSVR