Finally! A way to take your dog with you when you play VR
And here we were scared of VR being lonely. Devs StressLevelZero have created a way you can take your trusty canine into VR worlds with you and the result is pretty incredible. Not to mention disturbing when you see a furry pooch be effortlessly transformed into an armoured spiky worm who really likes getting its neck tickled.
While the team is working on a harness, in the video Bandit has a tracker fixed to her collar so that she appears as a Dust Worm in StressLevelZero's game Hover Junkers. The team also notes that this will come in really handy to make sure you don't step on your pets while in a VR experience. Take a look at the video below and suddenly the possibilities for your real companions to join you in the digital world are endless. Even if you do end up just playing fetch with a worm.
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Louise Blain is a journalist and broadcaster specialising in gaming, technology, and entertainment. She is the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s monthly Sound of Gaming show and has a weekly consumer tech slot on BBC Radio Scotland. She can also be found on BBC Radio 4, BBC Five Live, Netflix UK's YouTube Channel, and on The Evolution of Horror podcast. As well as her work on GamesRadar, Louise writes for NME, T3, and TechRadar. When she’s not working, you can probably find her watching horror movies or playing an Assassin’s Creed game and getting distracted by Photo Mode.