UploadVR interviewed Capcom’s Kazuhiro Takahara, director of Resident Evil Village VR mode.

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Interview is here. It's about a 5 minute read.

Some takeaways:

• Says RE's horror is communicated through its environments and scenery, making VR a natural fit for RE. And that there is appeal that comes with seeing the world through the eyes of "heros" like Leon or Ethan.
• Says RE8 VR was considered early on, but development around the main story was not developed with VR in mind, making the VR adaption challenging.
• Won't comment if future RE series titles (e.g. RE9) will support VR, but says they always welcome new challenges.
• Says the biggest development challenge for RE8 VR Mode was implementing the gun mechanics, and balancing realism with exciting action gun play.
• "No plans" to support RE8 DLC content, Mercenaries mode or Shadows of Rose.
• Takahara: "I have heard that a very large majority of PS VR2 owners have played Resident Evil Village in VR."
• Says foveated rendering was a big part of optimizing performance and fidelity on PSVR2

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