With the rise of VR virtual reality in recent years, more industries have started to mushroom, VR movies, VR games, etc. have begun to rush to the people's horizons, for those who have not experienced VR virtual reality games. For the VR gaming experience, it is undoubtedly a visual baptism.
In the VR game, there are a few masterpieces that really deserve to be named. “Raw Data†produced by Survios Company may be one of the answers to this question. The Josh Constine post below describes his own game experience in Raw Data.
I also want to come again. Zhang Gongyanya, waving lightsaber, my arm sore; avoiding drones, to protect teammates, my heart beats. What is important is that my mood is greatly encouraged by the possibility of this game. I also want to come in another round, and I will not be alone again.
The game is named "Raw Data" and is produced by VR virtual reality startup Survios. This may be the most advanced first person shooter game in VR. The company has been established for more than three years, and the production team made its debut five years ago. It can be said that "Raw Data" is a grand accomplishment of Survios' ten years' grinding.
Players team up to robots in "Raw Data"
Unlike most of the current VR experience, "Raw Data" is not a simple trial game. Just like today's mainframe and PC masterpiece, its charm makes you want to return urgently on the night of the game. Survios has not been stunned by the novelty of VR, and it is still firmly sticking to the true nature of the game - fun.
"Good games should include both mature fostering and retention mechanisms," said James Iliff, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Survios. "Their meaning is to drive players back to the game and play Daguai. Upgrade, unlock new phases, acquire new weapons, and achieve new achievements."
This is arguably the standard for Survios' development of Raw Data.
A true VR game
The story of the game is that an evil company is secretly stealing the human brain, making it into a semi-robot and selling it for profit. Your task is to dive into the company's headquarters, get the raw data of their evil plan and make it public. When you download this data, you suddenly encountered a large wave of robotic attacks.
Double-Wide Weapons in Raw Data
Thanks to the HTC Vive VR headset and its motion capture camera, you can walk and play in a 15-foot square space. The actions of stooping, hiding, shooting the enemy can be done in the game.
In the initial stage of the game, you only have a dagger on the waist and a lightsaber behind you. Just hold the Vive handle in your hand and you can hold both weapons at the same time. The trigger key on the handle is used to shoot or extend the lightsaber, while the extra keys allow you to enter the bullet time to complete several headshot actions.
However, what is really addictive in Raw Data is the changing game environment. After each wave of attacks you will get new weapons, such as a pump-type shotgun, you need to use your own metal sight to aim at the shot, or a bow and arrow suit, every step of the string archery must be your own carry out. The enemy is getting stronger and stronger. From the initial rat-robots to the gunmen to the sturdy ninja robots, your task is to defeat them all.
You need to hand archery archery
More importantly, in "Raw Data" you are not alone. You can fight side by side with your friends (provided that he also has his own Vive heads and venues), work out strategies and defeat the enemy.
Iliff believes that these elements will give the player a "vital VR experience" than sitting and watching some VR videos. He said that by allowing players to really act and fight within the game, "We can inspire players' innate instincts. They don't need to train, they can only play with natural intuition.
This means that there will be no pop-up window in the game to teach you how to pull a bow and shoot. You just need to do these actions just like you would in real life. Are you ready to start the game?
From DIY to HTC Vive
Survios refreshed my eye with his masterpiece Zombies On The Holodeck several years ago. This work was born after the team and Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey co-founded the mixed reality laboratory at the University of Southern California. Although robots look cool, they are still inferior to a group of walking corpses that are interested in your brain. I really hope that Survios will be able to put on such semi-manipulators weapons such as chainsaws to make the game atmosphere more exciting.
Survios Zombie Games "Zombies The The Holodeck"
However, this startup company learned in "Zombies On The Holodeck" how to develop games for any hardware. In 2014 (when VR was still nothing at the time), there was no mature system on the market that could implement all physical actions in VR. Survios knows that the implementation of these actions will greatly increase the fun of the game, so they DIY their own motion tracking system - you not only need to cover the back with a magnet to track the position, but also hang a camera on the top of the head.
Now everything is different. Under the leadership of venture capital firm Shasta Ventures, Survios has raised $4.2 million in funding and its team has expanded to 35 people. At the same time, the major VR heads of Oculus, Sony VR and HTC have been ready to enter the market. Therefore, Survios chose to use its mature hardware technology to bring Raw Data to all three major VR platforms than to tie it to a single platform.
It is not easy for developers to push these VR headlines once and for all. Since the sales volume of equipment is not known, the corresponding game pricing is also difficult to determine. Survios's "Raw Data" is expected to be priced between US$10 and US$25, and said it will pay close attention to the market reaction. Iliff believes that the price of a game with a short but unparalleled experience of VR games will be priced at around $20, compared to traditional host games that are priced at $60.
Players without VR heads-up can also roam the world of "Raw Data" on the computer
For not everyone can afford a high-end wired VR headset, Survios came up with other ways to attract players. Players can watch Raw Data game play on Twitch, YouTube game channels or other streaming media platforms. They can choose the first person perspective or more other movie perspectives to watch the game.
"We are trying to create a VR experience that can be spectacular without VR head shots," Iliff explained. The reason is that once people see the players in the game holding scenes of light sabers and robots, they must be eager to join the game. Moreover, once they raise their lightsaber, they will not want to let go anymore.