Get this. I just played skeeball for nearly two hours straight. That’s right, going up against two other people, while yet another three looked on, cheering, jeering, and being general distractions (or sometimes stealing our balls if they were feeling particularly mischievous). The kicker" This was virtual skeeball — and yes, every time I say that, I think of Futurama — in a bar in PlayStation VR, and those five other players were actual people around the world, wearing their own headsets and waving their own Move controllers around right in front of me.
Alright, so maybe the entire two hours wasn’t trolling the ramp for high scores. At one point I made my way to a jukebox just to pick it up and toss it across the room. A couple of us made a detour to an air hockey table or a dartboard every so often to challenge each other in these popular barroom games. Of course the centerpiece of the attraction is the pool table, as SportsBarVR is a massively updated version of Pool Nation VR, and allows the opportunity to get that real live feeling of playing pool in a bar, from the spectators, to being able to pick up a bottle and pretend to drink a beer while you wait for your turn (I also had a real beer sitting on the table nearby, if I could ever actually find it). Shifting Perspectives
The first time I played SportsBarVR was actually a terrible experience. I’ve had minor tracking hiccups before, but this went far beyond that, shifting my p...