Murder mystery puzzle game Detective VR launched on SteamVR and PlayStation VR2 this week with hand tracking support for the latter.
Hand tracking support is a rarity for a PS VR2 title and, having played the game myself, I found that the investigatory gameplay works well without controllers. In Detective VR, you search crime scenes for clues and photograph them with a pinch-and-pull gesture, interview witnesses, and use an interactive murder board to put your case together and find the culprit. There’s also a meta-level mechanic where you “put on a pair of VR glasses” to reconstruct the crime scene.
Here is the official PlayStation trailer:
We reviewed the game on Quest last year, saying “while there’s room for improvement with the gameplay, it’s an impressive effort from Studio Chipo y Juan that’s a delight to play, with so much room for more to come.”
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With the new platforms not having a mixed reality focus like Meta’s Quest 3, developer Chipo y Juan wisely added immersive environments for more traditional VR gameplay, though the core mechanics remain unchanged. A patch has already been issued to address some early reports of issues with locomotion and hand tracking.
Detective VR is available now on PlayStation VR2, Steam, and Quest. There is a free demo available on Steam.
