Ilium VR's Athena Rifle Is The First Third-Party Lighthouse-Tracked Peripheral

[kcarbotte]

Ilium VR is producing a virtual reality rifle peripheral for the HTC Vive. We had a chance to speak with Ilium VR's CEO about the upcoming Athena rifle and Ilium VR.

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[Jeff Fx]

This could be nice for custom game businesses similar to laser-tag but in VR, but I can't think of any PC games where you use a single gun through the whole game.

 

[ChuckToTheTesta]

So its the same gun in every VR experience?

 

[SockPuppet]

This would be perfect (with some dev support) for games like Onward. I've just been waiting for a tracked gun peripheral like this.

 

[compulsivebuilder]

No reason you have to keep the gun the same throughout the game. It can upgrade step by step (didn't the pistol do that in one of the Unreal versions?) - the reboot Tomb Raider works that way; you even get to choose the order of upgrades.

 

[kryojenix]

Looks like they're not going to reach their funding goal...