With virtual reality you can make your wildest dreams come true you can become a secret agent, a space marine or a knight in a fantastical realm fighting dragons and ogres or perhaps you want to become a football mastermind insteadThere isnt a game out there thats going to give you the natural talent of Ronaldo, Neymar or Messi apparently that takes thousands of hours of training, an incredibly convoluted diet and more dedication than just playing a game but VR can help you learn some of those skills.If you own a virtual reality setup, there are some games you can play to help you feel like a professional soccer player for the duration of the World Cup 2018 and beyond.Below weve put together some of football games that you can play on a variety of virtual reality systems.
Its unlikely playing these alone will gain you entry to the World Cup in 2022, but it can at least make you feel like a soccer superstar for an hour.Bear in mind that not all games are available on all VR systems though, so weve noted where you can play it under each one so youre not too disappointed.Final Soccer VREver wanted to shoot that nail-biting penalty thats set to change the fortunes of your team at the World Cup This may be the closest youre going to get with Final Soccer VR offering one of the best penalty simulators.Unlike a lot of other virtual reality experiences, you can actually kick the ball in Final Soccer VR.
Because youre always standing in one space when in the headset, it makes the experience of taking a penalty possible through VR.If youre using a HTC Vive, you can attach one of the trackers to your foot be sure to strap it down well so it doesnt fly off and hit something fragile - and then take the penalties within your own home.It may not offer the experience of a full match, but Final Soccer VR will give you one of the most nerve wracking virtual reality experiences you can find when it comes to sport.How to play it HTC Vive is the best way where it costs $19.99 or 14.99Dont have an expensive virtual reality setup This one can be played with your mobile phone and a cheap (or sometimes even free) Google Cardboard headset.
While VR Soccer Header is a very limited experience, this is a fun app to try out for a few minutes during half time.The head tracking on VR Soccer Header isnt the best weve seen youll see that game further done this list but it gives you a 360 experience of a virtual reality stadium and crowd sound effects when youve scored or missed a goal.Its a very simple game that just asks you to header the ball towards targets, but its a bit of fun you can play quickly and its a great way to introduce your friends and family to VR in the middle of the next big World Cup match.How to play it Youll need a compatible Android or iPhone with Google Cardboard or Google Daydream headset.Football Nation VR Tournament 2018 is one of the most daring virtual reality football games on the market.
You wont be kicking with your feet, but you do play as a single member of your team and youre using your arms to simulate running around the pitch.You play online as a team with a stadium of fans (albeit NPCs) and youll be working as a part of a team to try and win the game.
You can play alongside 16 other people we dont know why the game didnt opt for full football teams or you can play offline against AI instead.Youve got the choice of lots of pitches to play on, while you can join an international league or just have a five-a-side game with a couple of your mates if you want something a little more relaxed.How to play it HTC Vive or Oculus Rift with it costing 10.99 or $14.99.HeadmasterThere was only one way to end this list its Headmaster.
This game is a firm favorite in general best VR games lists, so it had to be here considering its all about football.
Its one of the few perfect soccer games you can get for PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.While it wont offer the same experience as FIFA 18 does on your console, it does what it sets out to do perfectly.
The aim of the game is to become the best at headering the ball there arent any feet in this one and the extraordinary head tracking tech in the top-end VR systems means it feels the closest you can get to the real thing without hitting your head against an actual ball.Its all set in what the game calls the Football Improvement Centre and youll find yourself headering balls into goals to score points.
It begins to get wackier as you have to start navigating obstacles with your hits like boxes, piatas and other players too, but Headmaster if great fun for anyone football and VR fan.How to play it You can play it on PS VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for $19.99 or 14.99Whats the future for VR and footballA HTC Vive training program made for injured football playersMore and more virtual reality titles are coming to the market and that means were seeing the introduction of lots of sports games too.It obviously depends on the tech youre using so you know how immersive the experience can be, but weve already seen teams using the HTC Vive to help keep players in the game when theyre injured.Earlier this yearwe wrote around the second generation of Vive trackers that are even more complex than the original ones allowing you to steady a virtual football, stop it with your feet and then kick it into the goal.You obviously dont get a feeling of connection when you hit the ball, but its much closer to the real thing than anything weve experienced in sports games before.This isnt something thats currently commercially available, but it may be one day and its already tech that has interested Paul Scholes.
HTC Vive is setup and ready to go in Manchester Uniteds training academy right now too, so VR and soccer have a relationship thats set to run and run.While we dont currently know exactly how football virtual reality experiences are set to be improved, we do know that VR is getting better and better so were sure to see further expanded game worlds in the virtual space in the near future.
Perhaps by the 2022 World Cup well be playing an even more realistic football game on our new headsets.RJmVnrZTmaok9MfHm5oAfB.jpg#