Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences.

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10. The Caretaker

A VR experience inspired by ‘The Shining’.

You’re the new caretaker at The Overview; chosen to single-handedly look after this remote hotel throughout the icy winter months. We join you on your first day of complete isolation; waking up very late following the end of season staff party – high in the mountains and cut off from the world by the first of the big snow storms. It’s time to leave your room and make your first check of the deserted hotel.
This experience is inspired by the fantastic Stanley Kubrick film, The Shining.

Version 1.1 features many improvements to the control system, upgraded audio and additional content.

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)

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9. Deep Sea

Who needs to go Scuba Diving when you’ve got VR? Dive into the Deep Blue and experience Whales, Sharks, Stingrays and other frightening sea creatures. The same developer that brought you the hugely popular ‘Sea Monster’. Inspired by “In the Blue” by WEVR

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)

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8. Flying Aces VR

Flying Aces VR is a flight sim/combat game set during World War 1. Take to the skies and experience the birth and rise of aerial combat during the Great War (1914-1918). Develop and test your piloting, gunning and bombing skills in structured missions, and lead your side to victory from above!

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Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows), OSVR

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7. L.A.2097

Pre-release experience inspired by the film Blade Runner, in particular the balcony shot. Sit down and let the city fill you.

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)

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6. Negotiator

Negotiator is a concept that I started developing two months ago for a competition, it is based around a cinematic narrative, inspired by stylish 90s action/crime films and documentaries. It puts the player through a series of scenes that take place from the early 80s to present day, telling a story of the main protagonist’s career as a negotiator for hire, set against a backdrop of evolving technology and complex geo-political situations. Each scene is unique and can be solved in several different ways, while swapping between different members of the team (ie Negotiator, Sniper, Assault Team). There will be a narrative section in-between each scene that reflects what happened and moves the story forward.

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)

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5. Stunt Kart

We love racing games and we hope you do too. Here’s a racing demo called Stunt Kart recently updated to SDK 0.7.

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)

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4. Coffee Without Words

The developer calls this a quick test to experiment with procedurally generated NPC eye movement. We call it very creepy.

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)

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3. 11:57

11:57 is the first 360-degree horror film! The all encompassing nightmare is made all the more terrifying by making the spectator the main character of the film. This means that rather than just watching the film, you become part of the actual set making the action revolve around you.

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Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows/Mac), IOS, Android

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2. SONAR

Explore your surroundings and dive deep into an ancient cave system. Follow the drone ship and discover the horrific truth about the darkest of all places… “ SONAR is a new kind of cinematic entertainment, striking a balance between traditional movie making and interactive media. The shortfilm is a fully immersive, slow paced, 360° computer-generated experience.

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2, DK1 (Windows/Mac), Android VR, Gear VR

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1. Push for Emor

Updated to Alpha 0.1! Bug fixes have enhanced the stability of missions, weapons & vehicles. Performance improvements across the game & minor tweaks implemented to improve game play.

Fight your way across 11 planets, engage in space combat, disable enemy craft and board enemy wrecks and explore abandoned space stations. Defeat evil planet governors as you push towards planet Emor.

When the Emorian Empire starts to expand it’s territories into Justicar federal space, Colonel Ferris Glutes sends you in under cover to join a resistance group allied with Justicar. Your mission, that you have no choice but to accept (because it’s your job and it would be a very short game if you didn’t) is to clear the way for Justicar forces.

Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)

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Based in the UK, Paul has been immersed in interactive entertainment for the best part of 27 years and has followed advances in gaming with a passionate fervour. His obsession with graphical fidelity over the years has had him branded a ‘graphics whore’ (which he views as the highest compliment) more than once and he holds a particular candle for the dream of the ultimate immersive gaming experience. Having followed and been disappointed by the original VR explosion of the 90s, he then founded RiftVR.com to follow the new and exciting prospect of the rebirth of VR in products like the Oculus Rift. Paul joined forces with Ben to help build the new Road to VR in preparation for what he sees as VR’s coming of age over the next few years.