Little VR Pet Shop: A Reverse Turing Multiplayer Virtual Reality Game
Marcello A. Gómez-Maureira, Isabelle Kniestedt, Meggy Pepelanova · 2016
We present Little VR Pet Shop, a virtual reality (VR) game for two players using head mounted displays (HMD). One of the difficulties that designers face in developing games for VR is in finding control schemes that are both intuitive and integrated with the VR experience. Traditionally, games rely on input devices like a keyboard or gamepad, both of which are problematic when used in conjunction with HMD’s. In addition to the fact that players cannot directly look at the input devices, their physical actions tend to share little similarity with the resulting in-game actions. This disconnect can be difficult especially for people unfamiliar with traditional game controls. Recent HMD’s such as the HTC Vive add wireless controllers and sensors to provide motion tracking. While this offers the potential for more intuitive controls, it also introduces other challenges such as a more complicated setup, as well as the requirement of a large space to safely play.