Sakshi Gupta

Getting better at headers, Great headers

Not a football fan but I opened this game called Great Headers, it is really simple and I don’t even think it is even eligible to be called a game. But it was super fun. I played it thrice and I loved it thoroughly. So the game is about hitting headers and hitting them so that they hit the point boards which are placed distributed on the ground and in the air. You have to make a gesture using your head in the direction you want the ball to go and with what power/thrust. I lost all the three games but still I was glad to play.

I played this game on Oculus go and for a while, I felt like something was actually hitting my head. In real life I wear spectacles and I can never imagine myself hitting headers coz I would always be so scared to not get a black eye or a concussion or break my glasses. But to actually be able to play without any limitation was itself liberating. I mean the encouragement and letting go of the fear of the ball hitting you was amazing. I was wondering how the game designers are tracking head movement because it was fascinating how many more things that could be done using the same tech. In fact, it could be used for simulation purposes for players. I will be doing my further research to get to know more of this head movement tracking thing.


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