VR hire

[mattwh]

I'm thinking of hiring a VR headset for my lad's 15th birthday party. They can be hired by the day - seems like a good way to try before he buys.

I have a reasonable PC (i5-9600, 16Gb RAM, 1070Ti) so my question is...

Is there enough half decent free to play or free to try games out there ? He has a Steam account. Any of these games you recommend for a days worth of playing ? He's into Ark, R6 Siege, 7 Days, stuff like that.....

Cheers in advance,

[snuffy]

Surely if they will rent you a headset by the day, they will rent you games to go with it ?

Otherwise it's rather like renting a car but no being allowed to drive it.

[cqueen]

There are a few good free games, but not enough to fill a day imo. The decent games cost money, I can only assume that creating (decent) VR games is a lot more expensive than a regular one.

[chris285]

Non of his existing games VR compatible?

[MrLizard]

chris285 said:

Non of his existing games VR compatible?

I would suggest this too some must be - assetto corsa/iracing/project cars all VR comptaible

the first thing that (maybe sadly) blew me away was the VR Google Earth, i spent about 2 hours flying around the world in 3d finding all sorts of random places in Asia and Germany...

there is also a free 'Enders Game' type game that is cool

Currently im playing Subnautica in VR and that scares the poo out of me.. got it on special offer for a few quid. Your PC will work fine but worth noting the room required for a good experience, clear the space etc first - I have about 2m between the sensors and they work better if a little higher up (mine are about 1.2m)

[mattwh]

chris285 said:

Non of his existing games VR compatible?

Possibly - he has Subnautica. I can check the others at the weekend.

There seem to be quite a few free ones on Steam but I have no idea if they are any good....