The weapons are lacking, you can only fire lasers and there's no lock-on for easy target tracking. The aiming is a bit stiff compared to that of the Rogue One: VR Mission and it's often hard to see the enemy Tie-Fighters as they are easily obscured by the X-Wing's nose cone. The fact that something that felt this authentic could be created by a team of fans with zero budget just goes to show the power and potential of VR as a way to expand on or recreate cinematic experiences. At points the swell of the music combined the feel of flight and the thrill of the dogfighting had me giggling with joy. The feel of the 1977 movie is captured especially well thanks to familiar lines from the film being incorporated into the experience and as I flew through the Death Star trench it was enough to give me goosebumps and a huge adrenaline surge.Īt points it legitimately felt like a childhood dream come true, finally I was the hero in Star Wars, experiencing Luke's adventure through his eyes.

Not only does it look really nice, in fact the graphics are better than a lot of VR games I've had to pay for, but also it's incredibly fun to play. Because of course I do.įor a fan-made game, Project Stardust is quite the achievement. Oh and I also create a rather bizarre bug that slams my X-Wing into reverse at a pivotal moment. You can watch me play through the latest build of the game, which features dogfighting in space, turret clearing over the surface of the Death Star and of course the famous Trench Run in this week's Ian's VR Corner. Over time and with the help of a few friends, this experience has slowly morphed into a fully fledged, PC VR remake of the 1983 Star Wars arcade game, which follows Luke Skywalker in his X-Wing, Red 5 as he attempts to blow up the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin.

Project Stardust: X-Wing VR is the brainchild of Dylan Stout who spent his Autumn term in 2018 developing a VR experience for a study into Virtual Reality Sickness. Sadly that wasn't to be, but where EA failed, an incredibly talented VR researcher and software developer from Utah University has picked up the slack. After the excellent, but rather brief Rogue One: VR Mission was included in the PS4 version of Star Wars Battlefront, I was fully expecting a bigger and better VR campaign in the sequel. Forget the loot box controversy, my biggest disappointment when it came to Star Wars Battlefront 2 was the lack of a dedicated VR mode.

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