How Harmonix put Rock Band into a virtual reality world

When Oculus fans unwrap their new motion controllers sometime later this year, they’ll find a strange little accessory alongside them: a chunk of black plastic with an oddly shaped hole in the middle. This is Oculus’ invitation to try out Rock Band VR, one of the biggest, most potentially crowd-pleasing Oculus Touch launch titles. A game franchise that lets people play out their rock n roll fantasies sounds like such a natural fit for VR that the core game would barely need to change