Escape From Dalaran is an official World of Warcraft VR 4D expertise the place you fly via battle.
Designed to advertise the upcoming World of Warcraft: The Struggle Inside growth and MMORPG’s twentieth anniversary, Escape From Dalaran was developed by a number of inner groups at Blizzard. Working on PC utilizing a Quest 3 headset, this three-minute expertise is at present being publicly showcased within the Xbox sales space at Gamescom 2024.
Paying homage to theme park points of interest, Escape From Dalaran is not a full-fledged World of Warcraft VR expertise – even the VR mod solely covers as much as Wrath of the Lich King’s ultimate patch. You sit on a transferring six-axis platform chair, using a built-in fan and haptic suggestions that simulates flying via the skies of Azeroth as a battle unfolds, finally making your solution to Azj-Kahet.
Because you’re simply sitting alongside for the journey, there isn’t any interplay with this world past the place you look. However as somebody who loves theme park points of interest, this was nonetheless an entertaining couple of minutes. I loved the frenzy as I went flying via the battlefield and the sturdy manufacturing values are clearly evident. In a current interview, Blizzard confirmed it is working at 4K in 120fps.
It is an unexpectedly fulfilling solution to promote the upcoming growth, and I am pleasantly stunned this even exists. Blizzard’s by no means formally launched a VR title earlier than, although it as soon as prototyped a VR model of Hearthstone and reportedly labored on a Warcraft AR sport. Granted, a shorter expertise provides extra artistic freedom, and I would like to see what they may do with an precise sport.
Sadly, Escape From Dalaran does not appear to be it’s going to obtain a wider launch. An Xbox consultant advised UploadVR that there is “nothing confirmed” proper now for a house launch, and we’ll hold you up to date if that ever modifications.
