The Oculus Rift VR headset is an incredible piece of technology - but really, what is it without some killer games? To get you psyched up for what the headset makes possible, Oculus showed off a swath of new games that'll accompany the peripheral's launch in Q1 2016. Here's a brief look at everything revealed thus far, so you can start thinking now about whether or not you want to invest in Oculus' vision of gaming's future.

There have been space sims before, but none of them give you the feeling of actually sitting in the cockpit of your own starfighter. Wearing the Oculus Rift, you can look around the cockpit freely, getting a full view of the ships around you while you blast them with machine gun-like energy weapons and missiles. The combat looks to be inspired by Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica, with massive vessels engaging in ship-to-ship combat while small, one-man fighters dogfight between them. There's even a moon-sized spherical ship that invades battles to blast your allied space cruisers with a superlaser.

This third-person, moodily lit dungeon crawler should strike a chord with fans of The Legend of Zelda and Shadow of the Colossus. You're a young boy wandering through ancient, overgrown ruins, inevitably awakening some giant stone golems along the way. (What is it with golems and trying to flatten whoever's unlucky enough to wake them?) It's hinted that you might continuously age as the game progresses, which could unlock additional abilities or combat skills. We're not yet sure how the Oculus headset itself factors into the gameplay, but we can't wait to find out.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. This intriguing thriller from the makers of looks like a cross between Tomb Raider on an icy tundra and the unfathomable Elder Gods of Lovecraftian horror, which all but ensures that it's going to be an amazing VR experience. The trailer shown during the conference has a voiceover of a woman pleading to our main character Victor (Viktor?) not to pry too deep into the mysteries of this icy wasteland, lest he descend into madness. So of course, you're going to look into whatever transdimensional terrors have crossed over into our world, even if it means cowering in fear when the cabin you're in gets surrounded in shrouds of darkness, slimy tentacles, and foreboding whispers.

The developers at High Voltage are bringing their first Oculus Rift game to the VR headset next year. All we really know about it at the moment is the name - which by the sound of it is probably going to involve shooting a bunch of robots in 3D. Whatever it is, we're excited to see more.

Most sports games play from the perspective of a spectator, but when you put on an Oculus and play VR Sports Challenge, you actually play baseball, football, or hockey from the athlete's view. The game will be releasing sometime next year, so you won't have to wait long to live out your pro athlete dreams.

There's not much to say about Esper just yet - it looks like a first-person puzzler a la Portal or Quantum Conundrum, where you use telekinesis to manipulate your environment. Expect to pick up and put down many blocks, orbs, and maybe some clear pipes... using your mind. And probably the controller.

This shmup-RTS hybrid is already available (for free!) on PC, but it's being revamped for the Oculus. If you're a fan of the Genesis cult classic Herzog Zwei, this is the modern equivalent, where you split your time between managing captured military bases and zooming around as a transforming jet-mech. If that sounds radical, that's because it is.

Oculus has its share of gritty, serious games on lock, but that doesn't mean the family crowd will be left wanting. Lucky's Tale is a platforming adventure game starring a cape-wearing fox, not unlike the mascot-headlined platformers of yesteryear, so the Rift will have something even the younguns can enjoy.

That's not all for Oculus Rift games; Oculus teased that they're currently working with big and small to produce new experiences or port and enhance existing ones to make full use of the Rift headset. That includes proven names like Square Enix, Harmonix, and the aforementioned Insomniac Games, but Oculus is also pursuing independent developers with 10 million dollars of investment. With that kind of money, anything can happen.