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 Battle Inside enlargement and MMORPG’s twentieth anniversary, Escape From Dalaran was developed by a number of inside groups at Blizzard. Working on PC utilizing a Quest 3 headset, this three-minute expertise is at the moment 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 last 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, ultimately making your option to Azj-Kahet.
Because you’re simply sitting alongside for the experience, there is not 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 robust manufacturing values are clearly evident. In a latest interview, Blizzard confirmed it is operating at 4K in 120fps.
It is an unexpectedly satisfying option to promote the upcoming enlargement, and I am pleasantly shocked 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 gives extra artistic freedom, and I might like to see what they might do with an precise sport.
Sadly, Escape From Dalaran does not seem to be it can obtain a wider launch. An Xbox consultant informed UploadVR that there is “nothing confirmed” proper now for a house launch, and we’ll maintain you up to date if that ever modifications.
