Games

The use of graphics, sound and input technology in video games can be incorporated into VR. Modern examples of narrow VR for gaming include the Wii Remote, the Kinect, and the PlayStation Move/PlayStation Eye, all of which track and send motion input of the players to the game console somewhat accurately. Several companies are working on a new generation of VR headsets: Oculus Rift is a head-mounted display for gaming purposes developed by Oculus VR, an American technology company that was acquired for US$2 billion by Facebook in 2014. One of its rivals was named by Sony as PlayStation VR (codenamed Morpheus), which requires a PS4 instead of a PC to run. In 2015, Valve Corporation announced their partnership with HTC to make a VR headset capable of tracking the exact position of its user in a 4.5 by 4.5 meters area, the HTC Vive. All these virtual reality headsets are tethered headsets that use special curved lenses to magnify and stretch a 5.7-inch screen (in the case of Morpheus) across the field of vision. There are more gaming VR headsets in development, each with its own special abilities. StarVR offers a 210° field of view, whereas FOVE tracks the position of your eyes as an input method.

How to play SteamVR through Google Cardboard

Play any SteamVR or OpenVR game on your android phone with google cardboard

Best cardboard VR games

Virtual reality soccer games

List of soccer experience in virtual reality

Summer Lesson PSVR unexpectedly interesting game

We were getting uncomfortably close to schoolgirls in summer lesson on PS4 in the demo

How to play Overwatch PC game with Google Cardboard

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Minecraft Is On Oculus Rift

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Best VR games 2015

The very best virtual reality games whatever headset you're rocking

Pokemon is now available in a virtual reality

A short playable demo of Pokemon in Virtual Reality

How to play GTA V and other PC games using Google Cardboard

Using Trinus Gyre for Android, mobile users can stream their desktop to a mobile in 3D. Take Cardboard gaming to the next level with our guide.

Play Doom and Doom 2 in VR

Every gamer should know the game Doom and every player should have played a Doom game at some stage during their gaming life. Since the release of Doom in 1993, it’s been a game that gamers have continued to play and continued to support.