Going Deeper with Virtual Virtual Reality

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the bizarrely funny and surreal experience Virtual Virtual Reality, on sale this weekend for Viveport users and Viveport Subscription members, players explore a series of dreamlike digital worlds in a future where society is dominated by advanced AI. Things seem serene and wholesome at first glance, but all is not as it seems outside […]

Creating virtual art with MasterpieceVR

Reading Time: 8 minutesVR is revolutionizing the 3D production process, and MasterpieceVR is on the forefront. We talked to the company’s Marketing Officer, Brendan de Montigny, about their most recent updates and how MasterpieceVR can help both traditional and 3D artists to thrive. MasterpieceVR is available now on Viveport. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKieI3TnVHY] Hello! Tell us a bit about MasterpieceVR […]

Ready Player One upgraded! Elite Gunter Edition available now

Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier this year we took you to the OASIS with Ready Player One: OASIS beta, the official VR experience for the blockbuster movie Ready Player One directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the book by Ernest Cline. Now we’re ready to go back with an expanded and upgraded Ready Player One experience – get ready to […]

A KOBOLD New Direction For Interactive Storytelling

Reading Time: 5 minutesAs technology advances, the line between different mediums for telling stories continues to blur. Developers at AnotherWorld seek to explore what is possible by merging traditional storytelling tools in film and television with the immersion of digital entertainment. We sat down with Creative Directors Ioulia Isserlis and Max Sacker to hear from them about their […]

Embracing the horrors of Nevrosa: Escape with Gexagon VR

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe terrifying beings created by David Cronenberg influenced the main antagonist of both games. It’s an eerie imp, who still has some human attitude and consciousness. Another talented horror writer, Stephen King and the amazing adaptation of his story The Mist by Frank Darabont inspired us to create the Mist World. A human left alone […]

Viveport Reaches out to Developers at XRDC

Reading Time: 3 minutesViveport 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 […]

All Along The Witching Tower with Daily Magic Productions

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe recently released Witching Tower (also available in Viveport Subscription) puts you inside a fantasy world ravaged by an undead scourge. Wielding a variety of tools and weapons, you’ll have to wade through armies of deadly enemies, solve a bevy of devious puzzles, and ultimately confront the Queen of the Tower in order to release the world […]

Don’t be afraid of the dark… scare up savings in our Halloween Sale!

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s the time of year when the days grow short, the nights get cold and the sun shies away leaving us groping around in the dark… and when you take off your VR headset, it’s pretty scary out there in real life too. To keep you safe in these terrifying times, we’ve conjured up three […]

A Totally Normal Conversation With The Makers Of Accounting+

Reading Time: 5 minutesAccounting+ might be the weirdest experience ever to grace your eyeballs. What starts out as a simple job at Smith & Smitherson accounting firm becomes a surrealist odyssey that will test your resolve, your stomach, and possibly your very sanity.  Interview by a very troubled Nathan Ortega, Vive [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzmmlwGJ50k?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&w=730&h=411] Hello! I’m William Pugh, one […]

Evolving the Narrative with Cloudhead Games’ The Gallery

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe critically-acclaimed interactive narrative experience The Gallery has been a must-play since the first episode debuted on Viveport. Using all the immersive tools at their disposal, Cloudhead Games are crafting an engaging story with a rich universe to explore as players search for their missing sibling in a fantastical unknown realm. We sat down with […]

Battle X brings authentic military combat to VR

Reading Time: 6 minutesBattle X: Birth of The Alliance brings high fidelity and accurate military combat and tactics to the world of VR. With a cinematic story campaign and a deep and evolving multiplayer component, developer Naviworks utilized their background working in military training software to make the jump into crafting immersive digital entertainment experiences. We sat down […]

Playing along with Hotel Transylvania Popstic VR

Reading Time: 7 minutesThere’s something undeniably compelling about mixing music, movement and virtual reality, and Popstic VR – with a little help from Hotel Transylvania – is trying to do something different with the formula. We chatted with Ryan Pulliam and Morris May from Specular Theory about how some pieces of PVC pipe became a VR game. [youtube […]

Going retro in VR with Trakker

Reading Time: 6 minutesOne part retro-cyberpunk aesthetic, one part old-school gameplay and all brought together with a great soundtrack: this is GalactaVision’s Trakker. We chatted with Nathan Thorin and Greg Corcoran about their latest project. Questions by Nathan Ortega. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBef4EoLBRU] Tell us a bit about yourself and the team at GalactaVision. Nathan Thorin: I founded GalactaVision in 2013 […]

The Great C breaks the mold for a new kind of VR story

Reading Time: 7 minutesScience fiction legend Philip K. Dick’s work has been adapted many times in many mediums, but none of his original material has appeared in VR form. Considering Dick practically invented the ‘reality is not real’ subgenre of SF, it’s surprising more of his works haven’t debuted in virtual worlds. That might change with The Great […]

Playing virtual hide and seek with The Take

Reading Time: 8 minutesWant to make a game? Think it takes an army of programmers, designers and artists? Well, it doesn’t have to – not even in VR. When a couple of guys studying Unity met in class, their interests eventually led to their own studio and their own game – The Take – published here on Viveport. […]

3D animation goes virtual with Tvori

Reading Time: 7 minutesVirtual reality has allowed creative professionals to do incredible things, but as VR matures, so do the tools available to help people achieve their best results. With new updates just launched, we reached out to the team behind 3D animation tool Tvori to get an update. The answers below were provided by Viktor Komarovskikh, Dmitry Kurilchenko and Inga Petryaevskaya from […]

Devs get 100% revenue share in Viveport Subscription until end of 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday we’re announcing that for the second year in a row, and in conjunction with the second anniversary of Viveport, we are giving developers with a title in Viveport Subscription 100% of their subscription revenue until the end of 2018. Viveport Subscription allows every subscriber to pick up to 5 titles a month to experience. […]

SUPER. HOT. Losing our virtual minds in SUPERHOT VR

Reading Time: 8 minutesOne of the most visually arresting and innovative shooters of the past decade, SUPERHOT was a sensation from the moment it appeared on a web browser near you. Since those early days the team behind this ‘real time strategy puzzle shooter’ has found even more success with SUPERHOT VR, debuting today on Viveport. As SUPERHOT […]

Expanding the world of A-Tech Cybernetic

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe high-octane shooter A-Tech Cybernetic is a popular choice in Viveport Subscription and it’s easy to see why. Built from the ground up for VR, the effort that XREAL Games has put into making their virtual world feel real is obvious from the start. With the latest update to the game – Chapter 4 – now […]

The best of Viveport Subscription for Oculus Rift

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs of today we are proud to support Oculus Rift compatible titles on Viveport, and as part of Viveport Subscription. If you want to get started with Viveport on Oculus Rift, read our blog on how to set things up. Then when you’re ready to play, experience the best value in VR by signing up […]

How to play Oculus Rift titles via Viveport

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’re an Oculus Rift user discovering Viveport for the first time, welcome! It’s easy to set up Viveport and start playing titles on your Rift – but if you need a quick start guide, follow the steps below. Without your Rift ready to go, we can’t start playing titles from Viveport, so make sure […]

Viveport improvements – 2018, so far

Reading Time: 3 minutesDevelopment on Viveport is an ongoing process, and as we get closer to our two-year anniversary, we wanted to give you an update on what’s changed ‘under the hood’ since we shared a comprehensive look at our improvements since launch. 2017 was mostly spent working on the biggest issues highlighted by community members. We wanted […]