Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Announced for Oculus Quest 2 VR Headsets

[Tsing]

Image: Rockstar Games



Oculus has announced that a VR port of Rockstar Games’ fifth GTA installment, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, is in development for Quest 2 headsets. Technical details for the port haven’t been shared yet, but Oculus did confirm that the game has been in development for many years and will allow fans to experience San Andreas in a different perspective. Players will presumably be able explore its cities of Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas entirely in first person as former gangster Carl “CJ” Johnson.



From Oculus:



Today at Connect, we announced that the Rockstar Games classic Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is in development for Quest 2. Get a new perspective on Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas as you experience (again or for the first time) one of gaming’s most iconic open worlds. This is a project many years in...

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[Zarathustra]

I wonder how they are dealing with the "movement" problem.

VR has been great for stationary games, but has always run into problems when it comes to moving around, and the GTA series involves a lot of moving around.

 

[Grimlakin]

I wonder how they are dealing with the "movement" problem.

VR has been great for stationary games, but has always run into problems when it comes to moving around, and the GTA series involves a lot of moving around.

Yea 'teleporting' hops would suck in a VR game.... and why is it the one with the Hot Coffee **** that's getting made into VR. Is it just the footprint is small enough to fit on the headset memory?