It is the weekend. Do you have friends coming over and they want to try VR for the first time? You have been telling your friends how cool it is, so you want to impress them right?

The list below is my current (and updated frequently) top rated Oculus Rift VR Demos. For each demo just click on the link for download and set-up instructions.

Enjoy the list and if you think any others deserve to be on this list, send me a message.



Showdown is a slow motion demo involving a robot and various soldiers firing at each other. Explosions are going off left and right and debris is flying toward you. All the makings of a perfect VR demo and EPIC Showdown is one of my favorite demos around. I actually wanted to duck to avoid the rocks coming at me!



For those not familiar with theBlu VR. It is three separate experiences that transport you into a gorgeous virtual reality ocean. The most famous of the three experiences is a close encounter with the largest creature on the planet. The viewer comes face-to-face with an 80-foot blue whale, whose eyeball is almost the size of your entire face.

The demo starts off on the Apollo 11 launchpad. You make your way up the elevator and into the control module of the spacecraft. As you sit there checking out the gauges, Apollo 11 launches.

Download and setup - The Apollo 11 Virtual Reality Experience



You're 4,000 feet below the surface of the ocean sitting in the seat of a DSM-V Mark 4 submarine tasked to find the black box of Saratoga's sister ship, the Lexington.

Set Up Deep Echo Oculus Rift VR



Explore the World with Outerra

Outerra is a graphics exploration engine allowing you to explore the Earth from orbit all the way down to blades of grass.

You can fly around in what they call "UFO Mode" or even fly a plane, helicopter or simply walk around. Full Oculus Rift support makes for a happy VR fan.

BlazeRush Oculus Rift VR

Ever wanted to explore a brain? Yeah, me neither. But now there is a VR experience for brain exploration it becomes something of interest.

The back story, just like the story in a Transformers movie, is not important. Mostly you pilot a hulking robot equipped with lasers and missiles and blow up anything that moves. All in the beauty of virtual reality.

Cast your mind back to 2007 with the release of the movie Sunshine. In the film a team of international astronauts is sent on a mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057. In this Oculus Rift demo, you can experience the Observation Deck on the Icarus spacecraft.

Ever wanted to travel into space to the International Space Station? Now you can, albeit in Virtual Reality.

Eridanus Wars demo for Oculus Rift is an example of another great Oculus Rift demo currently on Kickstarter. In this Concept Demo, you are in one of the Federation ships, defending your station from a minor Eridan attack.

Eridanus Wars demo for Oculus Rift is an example of another great Oculus Rift demo currently on Kickstarter. In this Concept Demo, you are in one of the Federation ships, defending your station from a minor Eridan attack.

BlazeRush Oculus Rift VR is top-down vehicular combat Video game. Demo and full version available from Steam.

Sightline: The Chair - VR Experience



Sightline: The Chair was one of the winners of the Best Overall VR Experience during the very First Virtual Reality Game Awards.

Sightline is available on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

Download and setup - Sightline: The Chair - VR Experience



I will not give you any spoilers. But if you're a fan of the movies "The Fly" or any of the Alien franchises. Then you'll want to give this a try.

Another horror movie on the Oculus Rift? It seems there is a lot of horror going around these days from the 11:57 movie to VR Zombie bashing in Dying Light.Fallen Planet brings us Affected - The Cabin.Among the Sleep is a first-person horror adventure video game developed by Krillbite Studio. This is not your run of the mill horror. In Among the Sleep, you play as a 2-year-old child.The first demo you run should be a GOOD experience. One that you remember.AirDrift is a flying game using head tracking on the Oculus Rift to control your flight.This is a pretty neat little demo. You're sitting on your virtual sofa playing with a mini knight.Reminded me a little of the Chucky movie.Want a good old fashioned shooter? You got it in the Endless Reach VR Demo.Brings me back to the old Atari games except in VR with decent graphics. It's the 80s in the 21st Century!VR is great for trying things that you may never do in real life (too busy of course, not because it scares you!)Here we have a hand-gliding demo developed in the Unreal Engine 4.Now I'm not much of an Opera fan. The idea of watching a bunch of people sings in Italian (great if you're Italian) is not my idea of a fun night.However create some great effects, atmospheric music and mix that into VR? Well, sign me up!The developer of Technolust (one of the coolest demos around) has released a tech demo called TECHNOLUST: A Way OutRemember the movie Gravity? I hope you saw it in IMAX 3D.If you did, then you got a sense of floating in space. You almost wanted to help the characters grab things!Guided meditation on the Oculus Rift allows you to relax in the comfort of your living room or office chair.You can choose various locations and listen to tranquil sounds.My favorite was sitting on a beach in Indonesia while the meditation lady describes listening to the ocean and smelling my favorite suntan lotion!Preview of the Movie "The Mission" produced by Jaunt. Full 360-degree movie. Must watch.Zero Point is the first 3D short movie (20 minutes) released specifically targeting the Oculus Rift.Not only is the movie shot for the Oculus Rift it is even about the Oculus Rift.11:57 puts you in the middle of the room, dark room. Then things start to happen...Try the Virtual Spacewalk. Virtual Spacewalk starts you off floating at a distance of the International Space Station (ISS) in the NASA space suit with built in thrusters.This is an amazingly addictive game where you're in a mining cart out of control down a track.You need to collect "gold coins" and NOT crash. Reminds me of Sonic the Hedgehog!