Schlagwort: VDA

  • Get obsessed with art in Lucid Realities Studio’s Viveport Developer Story

    Get obsessed with art in Lucid Realities Studio’s Viveport Developer Story

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    Website: LINK

  • Third Annual Viveport Developer Awards Winners Announced

    Third Annual Viveport Developer Awards Winners Announced

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    At GDC 2019, VIVEPORT hosted the third annual Viveport Developer Awards. The awards program is an open contest for VR developers who have titles published in Viveport Subscription. Viveport announced the winners of the four categories for PC titles and winners of the three VIVE WAVE categories during the event, celebrating VR’s most captivating and original titles in the genres of entertainment, arts & culture, arcade and education.

    “Viveport’s goal is to be the number one advocate for VR developers to ensure they have the support they need to develop the experiences that continue to drive engagement and excite consumers,” said Rikard Steiber President of Viveport. “This year’s winners highlight the high caliber of VR content now available across popular genres and all of these experiences will be available in the Viveport Infinity service.”

    The Viveport Developer Awards celebrate exciting new content that has been published on Viveport Subscription. Category winners will receive a prize bundle including a cash prize, the newest VIVE® hardware, tickets to the 2019 Game Developers Conference and marketing support, including a “Viveport Developer Stories” video, totaling over $50,000 in value.

    The categories and winners are listed below, all of which will be available in Viveport Infinity when it launches on April 2nd:

    Entertainment – PC

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    • Finalist – Blind by Tiny Bull Studios & Fellow Traveller

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    Education – PC

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    Arts & Culture – PC

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    Arcade – PC

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    Entertainment – WAVE

    • Winner – Bait! by Resolution Games

     Education – WAVE

    • Winner – Star Chart by Escapist Games Limited

    Arts & Culture – WAVE

    • Winner – PAINT VR by COSKAMI LLC

    Website: LINK

  • Announcing VDA3 Nominees

    Announcing VDA3 Nominees

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    It’s that time of year again! We’re excited to share the nominees for the third annual Viveport Developer Awards. In total, there are 8 nominees across 4 categories for PC titles and 3 winners for Mobile titles. This year, we wanted to recognize the developers who are delivering exceptional experiences to our Viveport Subscribers and Viveport Arcade Operators. These 11 titles highlight some of the best titles in VR today. If you haven’t tried these nominees and winners, we highly recommend giving them a play and exploring them yourself.

    If you need a refresher on the prizing, check out our announcement blog of the awards. Final winners will be announced at our private developer mixer on Monday, March 18, the first day of GDC 2019. Good luck to the nominees and congratulations!

    Here are the nominees and winners in no particular order:

    Entertainment – PC

    Education – PC

    Arts & Culture – PC

    Arcade – PC

    Entertainment – Mobile

    • Bait! | Resolution Games

    Education – Mobile

    • Star Chart | Escapist Games Ltd.

    Arts & Culture – Mobile

    • PAINT VR | COSKAMI LLC

    Website: LINK

  • HTC VIVE at GDC 2019

    HTC VIVE at GDC 2019

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    GDC’s annual State of the Games Industry survey revealed HTC VIVE as the most popular platform among developers for the third year in a row. We’re proud of our standing in the developer community and strive to be the number one advocate for VR developers. To that end, we’ve got an exciting lineup of activities planned for developers attending GDC 2019:

    Developer Day – March 18th @ Moscone West Hall, Room #2024

    VIVE will be holding a developer day on Monday, March 18th. Filled with visionary and technical sessions directly from the VIVE team and partners, we’ll delve into the topics most meaningful to VR developers.

    To start, we’ll walk developers through our platform roadmap for 2019 to share the new opportunities ahead and how they can take advantage of them. Next, our engineers will provide in-depth demonstrations on our SDKs to provide the tools and knowledge necessary to accelerate VR development.

    Check out our full schedule below:

    10:00AM – 11:00AM: Developer Day Keynote: Platform Strategy for 2019

    11:20AM – 12:20PM: Developer Success in the Era of New Competing Digital Platforms

    1:20PM – 2:20PM: Getting Started, Publishing and Beyond: Viveport SDKs + VIVE Input Utility

    2:40PM – 3:40PM: Building for the Standalone Ecosystem: Wave Platform SDKs

    4:00PM – 5:00PM: Creating More Immersive Experiences: 3DSP Audio SDK + Hand Tracking SDK

    5:30PM – 6:30PM: The Future of XR Development: SRWorks SDK + SRANIPAL SDK

    VR Play – March 20th-22nd @ Moscone Center Hall

    This year, the VR Play area is sponsored by VIVEPORT. GDC attendees can see the new technologies from our technical talks in action on the latest VIVE hardware. VIVE will be showcasing innovative content that demonstrates the power of our developer tools such as eye and hand tracking, 6DoF input for the WAVE platform and more. Stop by the Moscone Center Hall from March 20th – 22nd try out some of our favorite VR experiences.

    Viveport Developer Awards Mixer – March 18th

    On March 18th, we’ll announce the winners of the 3rd annual Viveport Developer Awards at a private mixer for developers. The Viveport Developer Awards is an opportunity to celebrate and reward the exceptional studios and content that have contributed to Viveport Subscription’s success. This year’s batch will have one winner and one finalist from four PC-VR categories and one winner from three VIVE Wave categories. Winners in each category can walk away with up to $50,000 in cash and prizes to support their current and future development objectives.

    We hope to see you at GDC and be sure to add our developer day sessions to your schedules!

    Website: LINK

  • Viveport Reaches out to Developers at XRDC

    Viveport Reaches out to Developers at XRDC

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    Viveport headed to XRDC in San Francisco today to talk to the developer community about best practices for deploying and monetizing their VR content. In his speaking session today, Rikard Steiber, president of Viveport, shared with developers how to take advantage of Viveport’s offerings to generate the most revenue and reach the largest audiences.

    In addition, Viveport also gave insight into the 3rd annual Viveport Developer Awards, the newly announced 6DoF developer kits, and HTC Vive’s participation in XRA and the VirtualLink Consortium among other important topics for the developer community. Unable to make it to San Francisco for Viveport’s speaking session? Check out the main announcements made below:

    Viveport Developer Awards

    Today we announced the 3rd annual Viveport Developer Awards, Viveport’s awards program that celebrates and rewards the exceptional teams and content that have contributed to the platform’s success. This year, we are recognizing the best in over 500 pieces of content in Viveport Subscription as it has become the most popular way for Viveport users to interact with the platform.

    There will be one winner and one finalist from four PC-VR categories and one winner from three Vive Wave categories. With a cash prize, the newest Vive hardware, tickets to this year’s Game Developer Conference and a “Viveport Developer Stories” marketing video and assets, winners receive a great package of prizes to support their current and future development objectives. Submission open in November and winners will be announced during GDC 2019.

    6DoF Developer Kits

    Reiterating last week’s announcement at the 2018 World Conference on VR Industry, Viveport shared that the 6DoF developer kits for the Vive Wave VR platform are now available for a select number of Viveport developers. The 6DoF Developer Kit opens a path for developers of the Vive Wave VR platform to develop or port their VR experiences to two handed 6DoF standalone VR controls. The Developer Kit includes two 6DoF controllers and a tracking attachment that works with any existing Vive Focus devices and a suite of related software tools.

    Viveport also announced that the third-party FinchShift™ Controllers developer kits from Finch Technologies are now available for immediate online website preorders (www.finch-vr.com), with delivery in January 2019. 

    XRA

    Also announced during today’s speaking session, was HTC Vive’s participation in XRA. Formerly known as the GVRA, or Global Virtual Reality Association, the association is relaunching today with a new name and an expanded focus beyond virtual reality. As a part of the relaunch and core mission, XRA is releasing a first-of-its-kind starter guide for developers titled, “XR PRIMER 1.0: A Starter Guide for Developers,” which you can check out on XRA.org. The Starter Guide includes topics that developers should focus on to make sure users stay comfortable and safe while using AR and VR products and will lead to better end-user experiences for AR and VR.

    If attending XRDC, make sure to check out our other speaking sessions for additional insight on developing for VR. Today at 2pm, we’ll be hosting a panel on “Developing for the Standalone Ecosystem” with another panel on Tuesday at 2pm titled, “Location-Based Entertainment Best Practices”. In addition, Viveport will be sponsoring the XRDC 2018 Opening Night Reception from 5-7pm tonight and will also host the Viveport Developer Mixer tonight from 6-9pm.

    Website: LINK

  • VIVE AT GDC 2018: VIVE FOCUS Coming To International Markets Later This Year; VDA Winners Announced

    VIVE AT GDC 2018: VIVE FOCUS Coming To International Markets Later This Year; VDA Winners Announced

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    Today 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, starting today.   

    Built upon Vive Wave, our open VR platform and toolset that is unifying the development experience for standalone and mobile VR devices, along with Viveport as its content platform, Vive Focus is designed to appeal to a wider range of mass market audiences as well as commercial/enterprise users who want broad deployment and stunning VR experiences in a convenient and portable form factor. 

    In addition, developers who bring content to Viveport in China for either Vive Focus or PC-based Vive, will receive 100% rev-share from title sales and Viveport subscription in China between April and September 2018. Viveport continues to be the best platform for VR developers, and this rev-share opportunity is just another way in which we are empowering developers to create the best VR content, not matter what hardware device. 

    Viveport Developer Awards trophy mock-up

    Also, at GDC 2018, we hosted our 2nd annual Viveport Developer Awards (VDAs), where five first place winners were each awarded $50,000, and five second place winners were awarded $20,000. The categories and winners are listed below, all of which are currently available on Viveport. Come meet the VDA winners on Thursday during our panel at GDC: 

    Entertainment

     Education

     Arts & Culture

     Enterprise

     Arcade

    The winners for the VDAs in China are:

    Website: LINK