Instead, it seemed like I was mainly supposed to hide in a closet if I heard him coming. The original game had bear traps you could lay down in the event of a chase, but I didn't find any usable ones in this VR version. If I had one complaint about the design, it's that I would have liked to see more traps that could be set up.
Anything from picture frames to vases can be picked up and thrown to create a distraction, and the house is littered with closets that you can hide in. As you might imagine in a game such as this, there are plenty of objects to interact with in the house.