Oculus First Contact (Oculus Rift)

Price at Time Of Review: Free
Comfort Rating: Green (No Movement)
Genre: Interactive Experience
Supported Platforms: Oculus Rift, Rift S
Supported Controllers: Oculus Touch
Best Playing Position: Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

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Description: First Contact is an official Oculus experience designed to be your entryway to Oculus Touch. Experience the magic of ‘presence’ in VR, exploring moments that feel as real as they are fantastically impossible. We’ve built a magic box full of toys and a robot guide; make a new friend, then touch, tap, bounce, hold and throw things, and play together.

Oculus Rex built First Contact, and is the team that brought you Dreamdeck, Farlands, Prologue and the original Toybox demo. We drew from the inspiration of the 80s: A magical decade when computers and game consoles moved from science fiction to household items and everything seemed possible.

Review: So you have just brought your new Oculus Touch controllers, set it up, gone through the testing stage and now you would like to try them out. For most people, the very first place to do just that will be this app. Featuring a robot (very much like Number 5 from Short Circuit, or even WALL-E) it is shy at first but soon comes round to you. He passes you disc after disc that you need to insert into various machines, one being a 3D printer. It will make butterflies, musical instruments and quite a few other fun things to grab and play with. Once you have all the discs from him you can swap and choose whatever ones you want to play with.

Everything feels so natural, so….real! OK, so you can’t lean on the desk or feel anything in your hand, but the great sense of ‘presence’ you get here will blow you away. Once you play this app you understand what all the fuss is about with the Touch Controllers. I won’t tell you everything that goes on as it is best you discover that for yourselves.