You need a gods eye vew so you stand above the chessbord!

[mattecoolio]

When i play a chess game i would like to stand behind my pieces but to be able to see it from above helps to get a better view should add it.

[Toadofsky]

Indeed, some sort of "flying" mode would be awesome.

[Panda]

I was thinking to make the platform that the player stands on height adjustable but maybe a "free fly" mode would work better. I personally don't like it to just "hang in the air" in VR but I guess other people don't have a problem with that. I'll play around with it and see what I can come up with.

[cyclicbug]

or using a button on the controller to open a smaller floating window that is a top down view while still playing from your platform.

For me one of the biggest impacts vr has had after the 3d is the possibility to mess around with perceptions of space and scale so, I am interested in a vr chess game but looking for one which has:

Option to set the size of chess set before play e.g tabletop (std), room (vive roomscale) or garden (huge)
The ability to walk around roomscale or move onto and into huge chess boards either by button+thumb or warping.
Picking up and moving peices with the vive controllers and carying them to there new positions.

Is any of this planned or already in this game?

[Panda]

With v1.3 you can move around freely, you need to select the beta branch to try it out.
More information here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/493380/discussions/0/333656722962466778/