Very Real Chess
Play one of the most popular games of all time in Virtual Reality. Sharpen your skills against powerful AI, throw pieces against your opponent, or just teleport around -- all of this and more in Very Real Chess!
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November 11, 2016
9 years and 265 days ago
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6 itemsAbout the Game
Very Real Chess is one of the first Virtual Reality chess games created specifically for a Steam VR experience. Compete one-on-one with AI in a fully featured chess environment.
Key Features:
- Move around in a simplistic room-scale or standing-only game environment
- Play against the computer with one of the best AI in the world -- the Stockfish chess engine
- Play on either side as white or black
- Wrong move detection tells you when a move is not possible
- Overhead view allows the player to see the chessboard from above like a traditional 2D chess game
- Interested in developing your own virtual reality experience? Very Real Chess is released under the GPL 3.0 license, so contact the developer for source code!
