GDC 2016: I used a lightsaber to fight Stormtroopers in VR, and it was superb

By Hugh Langley

One of the amazing feats of virtual reality is that it can make the most mundane tasks feel incredibly rewarding. For me, during the Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine experience, that was fixing the Millennium Falcon by smashing a sequence of colored switches.

For context, Trials was made by ILMxLab for the HTC Vive and is the first Star Wars VR experience. After an opening crawl (if seeing this doesn’t give you goosebumps, I don’t know what’s wrong with you) the “experience” plonks you, Luke Skywalker’s apprentice, in the sandy desert of Tatooine.

By the time I’ve managed to take in my surroundings, the Millennium Falcon flies in and parks itself right above me. Han Solo then pipes up (not voiced by Harrison Ford but by a convincing voice double) and tells me he’s come to drop off a package as R2-D2 rolls out the ship to greet me.

Naturally, it’s not long until we’ve got company with the familiar screech of TIE Fighters overhead. They fire a few shots at us and I twitch to dodge out the way, but I’m safe – it’s all very passive. But now Han is asking me to help him …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming