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by VR NOSY
Posted on May 01, 2020 at 08:00 PM
Virtual Reality (VR) headsets have taken the world by storm, attracting different types of people. People can experience multiple game genres and become immersed in these virtual worlds. As VR grows in popularity, companies continue to release new games for people to experience through their VR headsets.
In September 2019, the Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) event brought many announcements to the VR scene. At this event, Oculus announced a new game that would be coming to the Oculus Quest and Rift S headsets. This game seeks to revolutionize the VR scene by introducing an interactive massively multiplayer online (MMO) game: Facebook Horizon.
What is It?
Facebook Horizon is a game developed by Oculus. When they announced it at OC6, they explained that they wanted to provide a safe experience that anyone could enjoy. They wanted to bring people together and give them the tools needed to express their creativity while wearing a VR headset.
The game allows you to create a legless avatar. After you do so, you can easily interact, chat and play games with other users. It has a town square where you can enjoy a central hub that has other players hanging out. You can hop into portals called "telepods" to play different games with others in this MMO.
On top of creating your own levels and talking with others, the game will feature different ways to explore it. For example, the trailer shows that you can fly around in an airplane rather than moving around on your own. They want to make it expansive, creative and an all-in-one experience for VR users.
What Makes it Different?
Games have allowed you to create avatars and interact with others in the past, so what makes this one stand out? This game focuses on multiple features to make it accessible, fun and in-depth enough to hold the interest of players. They manage this by providing multiple activities and customization tools.
If you ever played VR Chat and Dreams, then you can imagine a game that brings these two together. While VR Chat allows you to run around and talk with others, Dreams lets you play the levels of other users while creating your own. In short, this game will allow you to interact with people in an MMO setting and create your own games.
This VR experience stands out from others since it brings so many powerful and fun features from different games into one place. You can enjoy the avatars and jokes of VR Chat, meet with friends and play user-created games with different people.
With all of these tools, you can have plenty of fun while using tons of creation options to bring new ideas to the game.
Social Aspects and Other Features
This game will have many features that will make the experience fun and appealing to people. Here are a few key ones that stand out.
The game allows you to grab different objects and place them into a level of your creation. From here, you can create different structures like castles, trees and anything else that you can think of. Since you do all of the level creation from inside the game, you don't need any coding knowledge to make your own levels.
This game also seeks to let you meet with your friends and others. Instead of interacting with strangers, you can meet with your online groups and others that share your interests. If you come across someone mean, then you can block them or report them. You can also kick them from the room if you own it.
While many games make the controls complicated and hard to use, this one will focus on making an interface accessible to everyone. From placing objects to controlling an airplane, this game uses your hands to control everything. This allows you to have an easy experience where anyone can put on the headset and enjoy the game.
Beta Testing
Oculus has released copies of this game to developers so that they can start experiencing this VR MMO. This gives them the opportunity to share some of their feelings and experiences with the game. While Oculus plans to release a closed beta later on in 2020 to let users try out the game, some developers got to play a demo version.
One person described their experience with the game and shared some interesting new points. He got to do multiple activities during his time with the demo.
He explained that all games and objects were built using the in-game tools. This means that everything a person sees in the game can be made by them. You can bring your own creations, ideas and levels to life. Keep in mind that it does have cartoon-like graphics and moderation features.
Why Should I Care?
Some people may feel like an interactive game like this doesn't matter. However, you need to keep in mind the scope and tools available in it. Sure, we have seen games that allow you to interact with others through VR and others that let you build levels. However, we haven't seen a game bring these together in an MMO experience.
With the tools available in this game, anyone can start playing it and bring their ideas to life with the World Builder tools. This gives them the opportunity to share ideas with others while playing games and interacting with those same people. They can speak with each other and have an awesome experience.
In short, this game will allow you to closely interact with people as you share your ideas. Whether you want to meet with your close friends or strangers with the same interests as you, you can have a fun MMO experience. It shows tons of promise and it looks like it will be a must-have game for VR users.
Stay Up-To-Date
Make sure that you keep your eyes on Facebook Horizon and any new information that they release. They also plan to have a closed beta this year so that you can experience the game for yourself. If you own an Oculus Quest or Rift S, then make sure that you look into this game so you can enjoy a new experience with others.
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