A 'Liberate Hong Kong' computer game developer playing the game using a laptop at a warehouse space in the Kowloon district. — Photos: AFP
HONG KONG: A group of Hong Kong activists have developed a homemade computer game that uses virtual reality to recreate what it is like to take part in pro-democracy protests sweeping the financial hub.
Put together in less than a week, Liberate Hong Kong allows gamers to don a VR headset and dodge tear gas and rubber bullets during a nighttime clash in the district of Mongkok, a regular scene of battles between police and protesters in the real world.
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