Resident Evil – are Jill Valentine and co. about to embrace VR?

The producer of the Resident Evil remake has revealed that he’s already recreated a virtual reality version of the Spencer mansion.

‘Speaking personally, I’m really excited about VR,’ said Michiteru Okabe while talking to American mag Game Informer.

‘I think it makes sense. Having gone from 2D to 3D, now it’s time to surround yourself in these worlds instead of just having a screen in front of you. It makes sense; the technology is there,’ he added.

‘There’s going to be some really compelling stuff coming out on [VR], no doubt. It makes sense for a lot of game genres; I think it makes a special kind of sense for horror games where immersion is more important than perhaps in other genres.




‘I think we should most definitely start thinking about what we could do with that kind of technology in the future. It makes perfect sense.’

The interview also includes a chat with Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, who’s overseeing the new HD remake of the first Resident Evil.

He reveals that Capcom Japan has already recreated the original Resident Evil mansion in VR as a prototype, and that he’s ‘really stoked’ about the technology.

Although neither of the new games have any virtual reality features (at least that we know about so far) it seems clear that Capcom is already heavily invested in the technology, which may hint at the direction of the inevitable Resident Evil 7.

So far the most high profile VR survival horror game is an Oculus Rift demo for Alien Isolation, which we saw at E3. It’s not an official part of the main game though, and can only be made to work on PC via some behind the scenes tinkering.

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