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Playstation VR

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The future is here! First out the gate with the VR hardware is Sony with their VR add-on for Playstation 4. While expensive at £350 the price is worth it once you give it a go. It is simply breathtaking. The process is simple, just attach the headset to the console via the included kit (PlayStation VR headset, Processor unit, Stereo earbuds, HDMI cable, USB cable, AC adaptor and power cord, PS VR headset connection adaptor) plug in the Playstation Camera (Sold Separately and is required) calibrate your head and away you go!

Within no time you’ll be experiencing games in a brand new never before seen way that is incredibly immersive and entertaining. Just be careful if you have motion sickness as this will trigger it and cause some headaches – as you will feel like you are actually inside the game!

Included in the box is a copy of Playstation VR Worlds where you get to get a taster of what’s to come in the future with this incredible technology. Dive in the deep sea, defy death in a street lunge or take on heists in the mini games available on this complimentary demo disc. But they’re not demo’s in the real sense of the word. They could actually pass for full games they are THAT good!

To buy Playstation VR please click here!

To purchase Playstation VR worlds separately please click here!

To listen to the guys talking about Playstation VR please click here!

EP 83 VR Goovies w/Nick Bright (Bonus)

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EP82 Battle Zone / VR w/ Nick Bright

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EP81 Couch Coasters (Bonus)

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EP80 Flipping the Boner w/Nick Bright

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BfB Labs!

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Credit: Shiftdesign.org.uk

Credit: Shiftdesign.org.uk

 

This week we had the guys from BfB labs down for a chat through their products which help with “emotionally responsive gaming for better mental health”  Now, BfB Labs is a new social venture created by a company called Shift Design that is setting out to bring Emotionally Responsive Gaming to the world. Which is a games which respond to a gamers emotional response to those games and reward those who are exceptionally good at them.

The games are challenging in three different ways, physically, mentally and emotionally training gamers in emotional control, building resilience and promoting wellbeing in the user.

Now you may be wondering how our emotional/physical response to said games be recorded? Well the BfB labs record this via an ear clip monitor which monitors a users emotional state by tracking their Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

Their first title in their library is Champions of the Shengha, a fantasy card battling game. Challenging you to defeat opponents with a combination of strategy and self control to becoming an ultimate Shengha Warrior. With regular play the user will learn how to control stress, anxiety and frustration rewarding them as they go throughout the game.

To support the guys over at BfB labs please click here! 

To listen to the guys chat with the guys from Bfb Labs please click here!

Bionic Bird!

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Bionic Bird is a half drone, half bird gadget that is absolutely incredible! All controlled via the ultra sensitive flying app on your smartphone and fly with a range of 100m!

The drone is designed in the shape of a bird and flies just like a bird, to create a unique flying experience. that is close to nature as possible! It has incredible amounts of technology built into it furtive and biomimetic the Bionic Bird is packed with patented with micro-technologies!

Included in the app is a guide showing you how to fly and control the bird, as well as the numerous ways to control and fly the bird such as holding your device with one hand and tilting the phone or like a steering wheel and holding the smartphone sideways and control it like a wheel.

We loved it here at How To Kill An Hour, even if we had a bit of trouble flying it at first we soon got to grips with it and killed an hour with it! We even had to prize it away from Marcus’ hands at one point!

Buy the Bionic Bird here!

Download the Bionic Bird App here! 

 

Anki OverDrive!

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Remember Scalextric as a kid and how much fun that was pretending to be your favorite racing driver as you weave in and out of the dining room table legs before eventually crashing at the corners, because you didn’t listen to your Dad and went full speed all the time?

Well, get prepared to have some incredible nostalgia, this week on How To Kill An Hour we got to play with Anki Overdrive (video above) and this is Scalextric for the 21st Century! Each car is driven by the Anki app on your iOS or Android device and is driven on long, wide pieces of plastic track which can be altered however you want, there’s accessories that you can buy to make banks, bridges and even a cross over section for impending crashes! What’s even more impressive is there is Mario-Kart like abilities where you get to shoot down the other cars!

Also, each Supercar is a self aware robot that is driven by incredible artificial intelligence with the ability to learn whatever track that you build. So you don’t even have to have someone racing with you, you can race the other cars! Wherever you drive the artificial intelligence cars will chase you down! You don’t even get a chance to out run them because the better you become the better they become!

With constant software updates the game will always be fresh, coupled with the ability to customise weapons, swap cars and build new tracks there’s hours that you could kill playing this!

Also there’s much more to Anki OverDrive than just racing:

(Information pulled from AnkiOverDrive Official website)

  • RACE

    The first to the finish line wins, so step on the gas.

  • BATTLE

    Take aim at your opponents, score big, and win big.

  • TIME TRIAL

    Put your driving skills to the test in a race against the clock.

  • KING OF THE HILL

    Chaotic fun as players battle for the crown to see who rules the road by holding the lead position the longest.

Buy Anki OverDrive here!

Download the free Anki OverDrive App Here: Apple / Android

Price: £149.99

Color Switch!

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You know that game that you see a lot of the time on viral videos on Facebook? They always seem to be playing Color Switch? Well it’s the official game from viral videos/pictures influencer Fortafy it’s a simple game, but also at times difficult. Which makes it so addictive! With over 100,000,000 downloads worldwide Fortafy has created a mammoth game. All you have to do is tap the ball carefully through each obstacle collecting stars, and at intermittent times the ball will switch colour. Then you’d have to follow through the colour pattern on the next obstacle to cross it – cross through the wrong colour and you’ll start again – which is where Marcus’ love hate relationship is stemmed from!

To download Color Switch please click here: Apple / Android

To listen to Marcus’ thoughts on Color Switch please click here!

EP 79 How Nick Bright Kills Time

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