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The challenges of creating games for virtual reality
Virtual reality games are fun and immersive, but making them exciting and interesting can be a challenge. This is especially so for traditional game developers who have had to learn a new way of creating games that demand a whole new set of skills and user design. We had a chance to ask a few developers just what those challenges are at an Oculus Game Day event recently. Check out our video above to find just what they are and how they hope to get better at it.
You'll need an Oculus Touch to play 'Rock Band' in VR
We already knew Rock Band VR was coming to the Oculus Rift, but now we have a bit more information about the project. In a gameplay demo at an Oculus Game Day event recently, we learned that the game will essentially require that you attach an Oculus Touch to a guitar controller via a clip adhesive (seen above), which confirms what we saw in the promo video that Oculus and Harmonix released a few months ago. That's essentially how the game will communicate your movements and controls to the computer. We also learned that all Bluetooth controllers should work with the VR version of the game, as would Xbox, PS3 and PS4 controllers.
The first Oculus Rift games bode well for the future of VR
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