Though Elite: Dangerous has been floating around since last year (by late last year you could get it to run on the Oculus Rift developer’s kit with minimal hacking), we’re going to consider it a 2016 release since the official Rift version launched in March. The teaser trailer has us excited, as does the advance hype on the game, which is calling it “the beginning of the Virtual Reality experiences we need.” Batman Arkham VR is expected to be released in October, along side the heavily anticipated PlaystationVR. There’s a natural synergy between strapping on a VR headset and donning Batman’s cowl, which will make it easy for players to suspend disbelief and get lost in Virtual Gotham. Superhero titles and VR seem like a match made in comic book heaven, and early looks at Batman Arkham VR have fanboys counting the days until they can put on the mask and fight crime as the Caped Crusader. Marxent Marketing Creative Director Joe Johnson has played through House of the Dying Sun, and calls the game “An example of how VR can completely change the gaming landscape, reviving a long dormant game archetype. The game will appeal to anyone who saw Star Wars and thought to themselves, “I’d LOVE to fly that X-Wing and blow up the Death Star!” - so everyone, basically. House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of “the universe’s most terrifying starfighter” for Virtual Reality space combat. “When I showed my wife me walking around my apartment on the map system in Go last night she said that was creepy,” he reports. That said, Marxent AR Developer Patrick Rasmussen got an interesting reaction when demoing Pokémon Go for his significant other. A number of Marxent employees have been playing, and their enthusiasm only continues to grow. While there is some debate about whether or not Pokémon Go is a true AR experience, the game is close enough to the real thing that it’s being credited with bringing Augmented Reality to the masses for the first time. The game has spawned dozens of news stories, seen mobs of people playing it in public, and is so popular the game’s servers keep crashing under the strain. It’s official: Pokémon Go has taken the American by storm! Produced as a joint venture between Niantic, The Pokémon Company and Nintendo, Pokémon Go has been nothing less than a cultural phenomena since it’s release in early July. Here’s our list of the Top 5 Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality games of 2016. As you’ll see below, VR has gotten off to an exciting start, but it’s AR gaming that has already seen its first mega-hit. Multiple VR headsets have hit the market, along with some mind-blowing titles that are changing the very nature of gaming. Video games created for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have made a major leap forward in 2016. Top Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality games of 2016 And for a look ahead, check out the 5 top Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technology trends for 2017. For a rundown of the biggest developments in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality from the past 12 months, check out our 2016 roundup, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality – The Year In Review.
Top games of 2016 update#
We periodically update this post with the latest and greatest releases, so read on for the top AR and VR games of 2016, or scroll down for our rankings of games from 20.
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