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Best VR Demos: The Lab
Valve
Great way to introduce someone to VR.
Valve
Minigames feel polished and responsive in VR.
Explore a pocket universe within Aperture Science.
Not enough content for more than a few hours playtime.
A Township Tale
Not much replay value.
Though it’s on Steam and developed by Valve, The Lab supports various headsets and controllers.
Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality.
Bigscreen VR, Inc.
Chat in VR: VRChat
VRChat
Hang out with people in VR.
Full-body avatars sync lips, eyes, and your entire range of motion.
Available on Steam, Quest, Rift, and Viveport.
B4T Games
Community can be toxic.
But if you’re looking for the most active VR hangout game out there, that’s VRChat.
Play a bunch of built-in minigames or choose from thousands of community-created games.
Mojang
Works cross-platform with Rift, Vive, PSVR, Index, and more.
Unfortunately, if you don’t have friends to play with, the Rec Room community can be toxic.
Available for: PSVR, Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality.
Play with up to 10 friends as you gather resources, craft, gear up, and explore.
Lots of communication from devs.
VR novelty is cool but brings nothing new to the genre.
A Township Tale has familiar RPG mechanics with crafting, gear, professions, and exploration.
However, you do all of this in VR.
Playing A Township Tale is a chill experience in the vein of Valheim.
Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Oculus.
Watch Movies in a Virtual Theater: Bigscreen
Bigscreen VR, Inc.
The best way to watch video content together virtually.
Put your gear’s desktop on the big screen.
Available on all VR platforms, minus PSVR for now.
Few other features to speak of other than virtual desktop functionality.
Go for a Thrill Ride: Epic Roller Coasters
B4T Games
Awesome, thrilling use of VR.
Ride through fantastical options.
Available on Steam and Oculus stores.
Rollercoasters immediately spring to mind as one of the best natural applications of VR.
It’s thrilling and fast-paced, and riding a virtual coaster through fantastic tweaks would appeal to many people.
Enter Epic Roller Coasters: the game which does just that for free.
Build, Survive, and Explore: Minecraft VR
Mojang
Another way to play Minecraft.
VR a good fit for low-detail first-person games.
Approachable entrypoint into VR if you’re a MInecraft fan.
Only available on Oculus store.
Works exclusively with Minecraft for Windows 10, not Minecraft Java.
It isn’t some stripped-down version of the game, either.
you’ve got the option to play the full-fat Minecraft experience but in VR.
Available for: Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality, and Gear VR.
See the World: Google Earth VR
Explore the real world like never before.
Easy way to be wow’d by VR.
Available across VR platforms.
Many limitations on movement.
There also aren’t any fun minigames or exciting features beyond exploring the world.
