Mario Kart VR For The Oculus Rift Puts Gamers In The Driver’s Seat

One of the interesting things that developers have managed to do with the Oculus Rift is make normal games playable in virtual reality mode. It definitely adds a different dimension and creates a more immersive experience. Well if you’ve always wondered what Mario Kart would be like in virtual reality, it seems that someone has decided to try and make that happen.

Developer Wilsonator has created a demo for the game that currently comprises of one basic level. It is the Mario Circuit level from the SNES version, although the developer has promised that additional levels should be made available soon. Basically Mario Kart VR puts players into the kart itself, thus giving you a somewhat first-person perspective of the game, which is typically played from a third-person point of view.

Mario Kart VR is not new as it made a brief appearance on the first developer kit of the Oculus Rift, but it has since been ported to the Oculus DK2. While we suppose there could be more racing games developed for the Oculus Rift in the future, creating a Mario Kart version is actually a pretty awesome idea.

Imagine if you could use gestures to unleash your weapons at other players, how fun would that be? It is unclear how long it will take for Wilsonator to finish developing the game, but so far we are liking what we see. The consumer version of the Oculus Rift has been pegged for a 2015 release, so hopefully Wilsonator will have made more progress by then.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gaming
Tags: mario kart, Oculus Rift, Virtual Reality (VR)