Side-Kick VR is launching the virtual reality game Now You See Me: Back to Macau on the Samsung Gear VR.
The title will also be on Google Cardboard later this month and on Daydream soon. It’s the first hidden object game with a major Hollywood brand in VR, and Newport Beach, California-based Side-Kick plans to focus on the genre for VR going forward.
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