Ever wanted to indulge in the feeling of being buried alive? Yeah, nope. NOPE. But that’s precisely what Tabhopos is: it’s an Oculus Rift game that simulates being in a coffin, that is actually played in a coffin.
Just to reaffirm: that’s a big fat nope.
The timing couldn’t be more awkward. Today I’m flying down to Melbourne to help the winner of our Bloodborne competition ‘Face His Fear’. Meaning that I will watch a man, for all intents and purposes, be buried alive. I didn’t mention this when we started the competition, but being buried alive is also a personal fear of mine, as I suffer from pretty bad claustrophobia. It actually freaks me out to wear a full-face helmet. That’s how bad it is.
Anyway — point being — there’s a pretty good chance I’ll also be getting inside an actual coffin today.
Tabhobos looks like the real deal. It was the result of a two-day hackathon at Nottingham and Lincoln Universities and it’s designed deliberately as an ‘uncomfortable’ game. RPS has a really cool hands-on preview of the game here. Apparently writer Phillipa Warr could easily have fallen asleep in there. I’m pretty sure that’s the opposite of the experience I would have. She found the coffin “roomy”.
Apparently this game, and player response to the game, is making up the research for co-creator James Brown’s Master’s thesis, so I’m guessing a wide-spectrum of reaction is part of that research.
I’d last two seconds in there.
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8 responses to “This Oculus Rift Game Is NOPE NOPE NOPE”
Saw pic, thought you’d buried the Bloodborne winner alive already lol. Hey question, are you gonna put a camera in with @Swedishspecs ?
Also… yeah, screw this game lol. Definitely would not be able to handle that O_O
Wouldn’t the inside of a coffin be pitch black? I think even I could code that game. 😛
The occulus rift in the first picture looks a lot like cardboard vr, did I miss something?
Looks like the google cardboard thing which is a way to transform you smart phone into a vr type experience
To add another layer of realism, play it under your bed.
What exactly is the point? How is it a game? It sounds like you could achieve the same result by just lying in a real coffin.
Wait… why do you need the headset for this? Wouldn’t it be a more realistic simulation to just shut the coffin, slowly reduce the amount of oxygen being pumped in (while keeping it at a safe level) and start throwing shovels full of dirt on it? I mean it’s a fun idea as pure VR, but if you’re bringing in the coffin as a prop all you’re really doing is adding a brief pre-game show of a VR funeral.
Seems rather pointless. I am not sure which is more redundant, the coffin or the VR headset. Either way there are companies that offer services shutting you in a coffin out there.
Nope.