Watch us play Eagle Flight: Ubisoft’s VR bird simulator

I believe it was the Steve Miller Band who said, “Flying like an eagle into the future would make a damn fine virtual reality video gaming experience for a head-mounted display.” Or something like that … I’m not great with lyrics.

Eagle Flight is one of the first big virtual reality games from a traditional publisher. Ubisoft launched the game for Oculus Rift this week for $40, and it is coming to PlayStation VR and HTC Vive in November and December, respectively. In Eagle Flight, you control an eagle in a post-humanity Paris with your head. Tilting your noggin left or right and up or down will guide your majestic bird around the Louvre and over the Seine. In the story mode, you have to collect feathers hidden around the map and fly through rings in challenging missions. In the multiplayer, you participate in a 3-on-3 battle to collect the most rabbit corpses for your nest.