Schlagwort: Developer Stories
-
Going BLAM-BLAM with BAAM SQUAD
Reading Time: 8 minutesIf onomatopoeic-named VR shooters are your kind of thing, well then, BAAM SQUAD (the title must be shouted at all times) is your jam. We yelled at Eric Song, director at 5minlab, until he gave us some answers to our questions. Interview by Nathan Ortega, Vive Staff [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4tNhec0CHY] Tell us a…
-
Stirring it up with Dungeon Brewmaster
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s often the unsung heroes of fantasy that have the best stories. Sure, you might be a brave warrior or wily mage, but does anyone talk to you about their troubles after the end of a hard day’s adventuring? Dungeon Brewmaster puts you in the leather boots of a fantasy bartender, mixing…
-
Apex Construct builds a whole new VR world
Reading Time: 5 minutesApex Construct takes VR players to a world that’s been torn apart and put back together, and where everything is not quite as it seems. With the debut of Apex Construct on Viveport, we tracked down Erik Odeldahl of Fast Travel Games to find out more. [embedded content] Hello! Tell us who…
-
VIVE AT GDC 2018: VIVE FOCUS Coming To International Markets Later This Year; VDA Winners Announced
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday at GDC 2018, HTC Vive announced that we are bringing Vive Focus to the global markets later this year. Vive Focus is the first 6DOF stand-alone VR headset to be commercially available. We also are making Vive Focus developer kits available to registered developers in most countries through our developer portal,…
-
Tonight The Distracted Globe from Ready Player One Comes To Life On TheWaveVR
Reading Time: 2 minutesTonight from 9:00pm CST, TheWaveVR will bring The Distracted Globe from Ready Player One to life, with a DJ set from the film’s Tye Sheridan, who will be mixing live in VR from Brazos Hall in Austin, Texas. Fans will be able to enter The Distracted Globe zero-gravity dance club & take…
-
Super Puzzle Galaxy Blasts Off With its First DLC Pack
Reading Time: 2 minutesSince early access to Super Puzzle Galaxy was launched in December, 2 Bears Studio has worked tirelessly to create additional content for the physics-based puzzle game. The Vive Studios title launched its first DLC Pack on Steam to keep your cosmic puzzle missions ever fresh and exciting. Never played Super Puzzle Galaxy before?…
-
Blasting back to old-school arcades, with Operation Warcade
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor a period in the 1980s mounted guns on arcade cabinets were hugely popular, with the feel of those guns and the rapid-fire feedback giving players a real sense of immersion through the machine’s CRT monitor. Today, Ivanovich Games is bringing back the arcade experience inside your HTC Vive – literally. We…
-
Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor to Present Two Virtual Reality Artworks at Art Basel in Hong Kong
Reading Time: 5 minutesHTC VIVE, Art Basel’s Official Virtual Reality Partner, is delighted to announce the first public presentation of two virtual reality artworks by Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor from 29-31 March 2018 at Art Basel in Hong Kong. Rising by Marina Abramović and Into Yourself, Fall by Anish Kapoor are produced in collaboration…
-
Announcing VDA2 Nominees
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re pleased to announce the nominees for the second annual Viveport Developer Awards! These 10 nominations represent some of the best and most innovative VR experiences. With a record number of entries from developers, it was incredibly difficult to shorten the list. In no particular order, here’s the 10 nominees, 2…
-
Enter the Stormlight Archive in VR, with Way of Kings
Reading Time: 5 minutesPart of Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy epic The Stormlight Archive has been translated from the printed page to VR with this VR experience from Arcturus. We spoke with Ewan Johnson, Chief Creative Officer at Arcturus, about re-creating the world of Roshar. [embedded content] Can you give us a brief overview of the world of The…
-
Konrad the Kitten is ready for all your love in VR
Reading Time: 6 minutesWith cute-sim Konrad the Kitten launching officially this week, we caught up with Konrad Kunze, Lead Game Designer at FusionPlay, to ask him all about the love, care and attention needed to own a virtual feline. [embedded content] Hello! Please introduce yourself to everyone. Hi, I am Konrad Kunze, the Lead Game…
-
Playing a virtual god in Townsmen VR
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe ‘God game’ genre is one of the oldest in PC gaming, but recreating that experience in VR is a relatively new idea. Having made a successful mobile franchise, HandyGames are building on that success (pun intended) with Townsmen VR, letting you get up close and very personal with your virtual minions. We spoke with…
-
Yee-haw! Saddle up with Hopalong: The Badlands
Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you’ve ever played at being a cowboy or pretended a broom was a horse (Wait, just us?) then you’ll be right at home in the wild, weird west of Hopalong: The Badlands. With Hopalong now available as part of Viveport Subscription, we talked to (appropriately enough) Texas-based developers From the Future…
-
OrthoVR rebuilds lives in virtual reality
Reading Time: 3 minutesMillions of people around the world suffer amputation and disability due to war, accident, and congenital conditions. Yet relatively few of them have access to mobility aids that would allow them to walk, a freedom most people take for granted. Without prosthetic limbs, it can be incredibly difficult to participate in education,…
-
Step Inside the Unabomber Investigation with HTC Vive and Newseum
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a guest blog post by Lukasz Biernacki, Communications Associate at Immersion. If you’re one of the many that spent the Christmas break binging on Netflix then you may be familiar with Manhunt: Unabomber, the eight-part docudrama outlining the FBI investigation that led to the arrest of Ted Kaczynski. For those…
-
Enter your VR app for the second Viveport Developer Awards
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year, in the inaugural VDAs, we awarded prizes to apps across the spectrum of what’s possible in VR – from recreating history with Apollo 11 VR, to witnessing a piece of art in motion with Firebird – La Péri. With another year of experience and experimentation, we’re hoping to see the…
-
HTC VIVE and World Economic Forum Partner For The Future Of The “VR/AR For Impact” Initiative
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday, HTC VIVE announced a partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to drive the VR/AR for Impact initiative forward, and to showcase its latest content at the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Impact Hub at the WEF 2018 in Davos. Originally launched by HTC at WEF in 2017, VR/AR For Impact is…
-
Vive Partners With the Best in VR at CES 2018
Reading Time: 8 minutesYesterday at CES, Vive raised the bar for premium VR with the new Vive Pro upgrade and Wireless Vive adaptor while dramatically improving the way we discover and consume VR content with Viveport VR and Vive Video. Today, we’re proud to highlight the exceptional partners sharing our booth and those showing Vive…
-
HTC VIVE Raises The Bar For Premium VR With New VIVE PRO Upgrade And Wireless VIVE Adaptor
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Hardware Raises the Bar for High-End VR Market, While All-New Viveport VR and Vive Video Dramatically Improves the way You Browse, Discover and Acquire VR Content. Today in Las Vegas, HTC VIVE™, the leader in room-scale Virtual Reality (VR) announced new hardware upgrades that deliver premium VR experiences to consumers and…
-
The Ochre Atelier Comes To Viveport
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe next stage of Vive’s partnership with Tate comes to life as Modigliani VR experience ‘The Ochre Atelier’ is now available to download at home In 1919 Amedeo Modigliani returned to Paris from the south of France. The war was over; his health had improved. His art dealer, Léopold Zborowski found a…
-
Super Puzzle Galaxy – Creating Levels
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is a guest blog post by J. Epps and the 2Bears Team. A blank page can be intimidating. For me, a blank page feels like a vast ocean that I can’t see the edges of; however, there is a trick that those of us who create for a living use to…
-
Operation Apex and the Motivations Behind It
Reading Time: 5 minutesWith the launch of Operation Apex today on the HTC VIVE, we asked the CEO of Curiscope, Ed Barton, to give us some in depth insight into the virtual experience surrounding one of the most expansive, diverse places on the planet: our ocean. [embedded content] It’s hard to imagine a world without…
