Valkyrie pilots are always seated, whether inside their vehicle or at the Crow’s Nest perched above the main hanger, cleverly serving as Valkyries main menu system. In a way no monitor based game could, that body fully articulates as you lean and turn to look around in VR, sufficient to trigger a body transfer illusion that really has to be experienced to be understood. This all starts with Valkyrie’s UI, which follows in the steps of some modern first-person games by placing your camera, your head, upon an actual body. Truly immersive VR may not work for everyone, but with those it does work with, it’s almost a spiritual experience, eliciting awe and laughter at the experience of being transported into another world. With that said, the results of a smooth, high frame-rate experience are magic the whole notion of presence that Oculus have talked about is incredibly fun to experience. Additionally, I’m running on a fairly high-spec computer – a high end i7 with a GTX 980 and oodles of RAM – so it’s very difficult to comment on the finer details of performance and quality. So first, the caveats: I’ve been using a DK2 which is not representative of the CV1 hardware. The problem has been that, due to an NDA, we haven’t been able to talk about it.
However, for months now, enthusiasts who owned the developer kit 2 version of the Rift and were accepted by CCP to test Valkyrie have been participating in a pre-alpha test, putting the game through its paces. With delivery of the first consumer editions of the Oculus Rift due March 28 and EVE Valkyrie a launch title, the reality of production VR and a killer-app space-fighter game are mere months away for those with the wallet and inclination to preorder the bundle. EVE Valkyrie Preview Danikov on Share Tweet
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