Oculus Rift Plus Kinect Equals the Ultimate Version of Paperboy

Sad you missed out on that important adolescent rite-of-passage, delivering papers around your neighbourhood for chump change? Well you're in luck, because creative tech company Globalcore has created a virtual reality version of the classic arcade title Paperboy. Feel the rush!

'Paperdude VR' combines a Kinect sensor, the Oculus Rift, a KickR sensor (Globalcore's own creation), an iPad and a physical bike to give you the ultimate Paper-hurling experience. The KickR sensor works in conjunction with an iPad to determine how fast the bike is travelling - reflected in the Oculus Rift's virtual world - while the Kinect is used to track the player's arm movements as they throw virtual papers.

As Geek.com notes, this is one expensive version of Paperboy, with the KickR sensor alone costing $1,100.

Check out the game in action below.

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Source : ign[dot]com