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History
Influences and origins
When ''The Sims ...
made by
Illusion, released in February 2017 for the
HTC Vive and
Oculus Rift on
Microsoft Windows
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PCs.
''VR Kanojo'' is the successor to Illusion's 2010 game ''REAL Kanojo'', and follows a similar premise where the player is allowed to interact with a
virtual girlfriend.
It has been described as similar to
Bandai Namco's ''
Summer Lesson
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Alternatively, here is a List of PlayStation VR Aim Contro ...
.''
Gameplay
''VR Kanojo'' gives the player a
virtual girlfriend and several scenarios with which to spend time with her.
The player interacts with Sakura Yuuhi - a young
Japan
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ese girl
- in her bedroom. The game is played through a
virtual reality headset
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,
with VR controllers simulating the player's hands in-game.
The player can answer questions by nodding or shaking their head.
The player can customize the girl's appearance with various outfits,
can touch the girl and can engage in
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through explicit sexual scenarios, including
handjobs,
blowjobs
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and
vaginal intercourse.
Collaborations
In May 2018, Illusion adapted ''VR Kanojo'' to work with ANTVR's "MIX" headset, to provide an
augmented reality
Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated content. The content can span multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. AR can be de ...
experience. Illusion and
Tokyo-based
startup
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Vaqso collaborated at
Unite
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* ''Unite'' (The O.C. Supertones album), 2005
Songs ...
2017 to allow ''VR Kanojo'' players to use the
odor
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emitting "Vaqso VR" attachment to smell the
game character's stockings.
Reception
In a review for ''
Kotaku
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History
...
'', Kate Gray writes: "And ''VR Kanojo'' gives you what you want: full-blown sex, slightly pixelated but still realistic. But it gives you more than that: it gives you a feeling of
intimacy.
..Perhaps it's possible to virtually replicate intimacy ''and'' love. When I'm lying in a virtual bed with a virtual girlfriend, maybe I can believe that."
See also
*
List of eroge
*
Sex and nudity in video games
Sexual content has been found in video games since the early days of the industry, and games featuring sexual content can be found on most platforms and can be of any video game genre.
The inclusion of sex in games has been subject to varyi ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, steam.vrkanojo.com
English manual''VR Kanojo''on
Steam
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3D eroge
Censored video games
HTC Vive games
Oculus Rift games
Video games developed in Japan
2017 video games
Censorship in Japan
Single-player video games
Virtual reality games
Windows games
Windows-only games
Illusion (company) games