Virtual reality horror gets under your skin. In a first-of-its-kind hands-on, Youtuber Mike Cussel gets to play an exclusive scary game for PSVR 2 and is both thrilled and shocked.
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Playstation VR 2: Eye-tracking horror shocks Youtuber
Switchback VR uses the
Playstation VR 2‘s eye-tracking feature to create some particularly scary moments in the VR game. As game director
Alejandro Arqué Gallardo explained to Edge Magazine, there are scenes where players are not allowed to blink.
If they do, it has a disruptive effect on the environment. For example, in a room full of creepy mannequins, blinking will cause them to abruptly change their posture. If you keep blinking, the figures will come alive and even attack.
Cussel ran through this exact scene during the preview event. The train pulls up to a white wing door with the words “Don’t Blink” in blood-stained letters. It opens and Cussel finds himself in a room full of mannequins.
Much to the Youtuber’s dismay, they abruptly change position as soon as he moves his eyelids. It’s almost dark in the next room, and only one dimly lit figure has its back to Cussel. With each blink, more mannequins appear, approaching the train car with jerky movements and unsettling looks.
The Youtuber’s reaction shows just how creepy this is: Cussel sits back in his chair, shakes his arms, and screams. At the same time, he can barely contain his laughter. Fortunately, players are not completely defenseless in Switchback VR, and Cussel can fend off the attack with two virtual guns.