E3 is a place where many hardware and game developers release their pent-up excitement, one such company was facebook owned Oculus. Virtual reality dynamo, will launch the Oculus Touch with more than 30 full, made-for-VR games later this year, including 20 brand-new titles that has been designed around the immersive sense of hand presence using the Touch.
Some of the VR games announced include titles from Oculus Studios games like Insomniac’s Unspoken, Dead & Buried, Rock Band from Harmonix, Sports Challenge by Sanzaru, Crytek’s The Climb now Touch enabled, as well as independent games like Serious Sam: The Last Hope by Croteam, Pro Fishing Challenge by Opus, I Expect You to Die by Schell Games, Luna by Funomena, Giant Cop by Other Ocean, Job Simulator by Owlchemy Labs, and Fantastic Contraption by Northway Games. Oculus Medium will also ship with Touch.
With Touch, players can cast spells and unleash magic using the fingers just you would in a real fantasy realm, open doors, pick locks, and pull triggers like you’re really there. And get a nod from your friend when you give him a “thumbs up” for a job well done in virtual reality world.
There are further hundreds of additional Touch titles in development.
Here are 4 new titles to whet your appetite
1.Wilson’s Heart by Oculus Studios and Twisted Pixel is a psychological thriller with an unique visual and narrative style. It takes full advantage of the natural hand gestures made possible by Touch to let users examine and interact with surroundings in the virtual world. You will become Robert Wilson, a patient who wakes up to discover that his heart has been replaced with a mysterious device.
2. Ripcoil by Oculus Studios and Sanzaru Games lets you enter a futuristic player vs. player arena where you can launch, catch, and punch a speeding Ripcoil disc. Control your body and hands in a way that’s only possible with Touch.
3. In Killing Floor: Incursion, a cooperative VR shooter from Tripwire Interactive, you take on the role of an elite soldier tasked with eliminating hordes of sci-fi monsters with guns, blades, and more. This Touch-enabled take on the well-known Killing Floor universe will take you to diverse environments and force you to scavenge for survival as you face an unrelenting onslaught of monsters.
4. Superhot is an over-the-top, stylistic FPS that blurs the lines between cautious strategy and unbridled mayhem. Time only moves when you move, creating a unique bullet ballet that is brought to life with Touch. Your every gesture and movement lets you dodge bullets, disarm enemies, and return fire in a way that has yet to be experienced in gaming.
To date there are over 300 games and apps available in the Oculus Store for Gear VR, previews at E3 included upcoming titles like the medieval action-strategy CastleStorm VR and zombie action shooterDrop Dead.
On display were also new VR ready gaming PCs.
