Halloween is a time for VR
Depending on your tolerance for jump scares, haunting isolation, and Zombies, Halloween is either the best of times or the worst of times for virtual reality.
We love the creativity Halloween brings out in VR developers and filmmakers, so this Thursday we’re teaming up with VICE and HTC Vive for the VRScout Haunted Mansion in Los Angeles to showcase some of our favorites.
HTC Vive Horror Experiences
Over the next few days, we’ll be announcing our horror selections for the show, starting with our favorite room-scale Halloween experiences for the HTC Vive. Don’t worry, If you can’t make it to LA, you can check them out from the comfort of your own HMD.
The Brookhaven Experiment
Phosphor Games
A fan-favorite survival shooter for the HTC Vive. Use the weapons and tools provided to survive ever more terrifying waves of horrific monsters in an attempt to figure out what caused the beginning of the end of the world, and, if you’re strong enough, stop it from happening.
A Chair in a Room
Wolf and Wood
Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater.
Ghost Town Mine Ride & Shootin’ Gallery
Spectral Illusions
We’ll be featuring a sneak peek of Ghost Town Mine Ride at the event before it hits Steam on Friday. In it, you’ll explore an abandoned tourist attraction, test your shot at the Shootin’ Gallery, then board the mine cart ride for a descent into Hell! It’s a thrilling new horror experience for the HTC Vive. Can you make it out Alive?
Sisters
Otherworld Interactive
One of the most downloaded VR horror experiences and another Sundance selection. Sisters is an episodic haunted house meets room escape VR experience. Go room by room to discover clues to the mysterious and deadly sisters’ past. Rescue your own sister before it’s too late!
The Abbot’s Book
Blackthorn Media
1680, Vicenza, Italy. Explore the ruins of an ancient religion that riddles the catacombs beneath a noble estate, where the shadow of a forgotten god has awakened to haunt the dreams of men. Abbot’s book was an official selection at Sundance.
More Halloween Horror to Come
In addition to these horror experiences available on Steam, we’ll be featuring a custom Vive game from our friends at Fishermen Labs and CTRL Collective.
Stay tuned tomorrow for a list of our mobile VR horror selections, and Wednesday for our lineup of performing artists and musicians in TheWaveVR and Tilt Brush.
And if you haven’t bought your tickets for the VRScout Haunted Mansion, get them now!
