Viveport Developer Awards – Page 2 – Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation

March 1, 2017

Award-Winning Viveport Titles 40% Off For a Limited Time

The winners of the 2017 Viveport Developer Awards were announced in January. Now it seems that the videogames and applications that received awards might be reaching a larger audience with the announcement that Viveport Developer Awards winners being 40% off for a short time.

HTC say the Viveport Developer Awards were created to; “Showcase, celebrate, and reward developers for their VR creations.”

HTC say the discount should last until 3^rd March 2017 and here are the eligible apps:

Apollo 11 VR, by Immersive VR Education Ltd.

Fantastic Contraption, by Northway Games

Cloudlands: VR Minigolf, by Futuretown

Allumette, by Penrose Studios

A Chair in a Room: Greenwater, by Wolf & Wood Interactive Ltd.

VRFocus will keep you updated with further information on the HTC Vive and Viveport

February 24, 2017

HTC hands out prizes to winners of the first annual Viveport Developer Awards

The HTC Viveport Developer Awards, which honor -- and financially reward -- the best virtual reality apps in HTC's Viveport app store. That contest has now concluded, and HTC announced the winners on its Vive blog.

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February 23, 2017

Viveport Developer Award Winners Have Been Announced

August 2016 saw HTC Vive launch submissions for the first Viveport Developer Awards, highlighting some of the best virtual reality (VR) experiences available on the platform. Today the company has announced the winners, spaced across four categories.

The VR titles were listed under Explore, Create, Connect and Experience, with 1st place awarded $50,000 USD plus a HTC Vive, 2nd place got $30,000 and a Vive, 3rd place was $15,000 with a Vive, while each of the two runners up got Vive’s. A separate Community Choice Award netted the winner $10,000.

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Time for the actual winners:

Explore

1st place: Apollo 11 VR, by Immersive VR Education Ltd.
2nd place: Realities, by Realities.io
3rd place: The Body VR, by The Body VR
Runners-up: A Chair in a Room: Greenwater (Wolf & Wood Interactive) Mars Odyssey (Steel Wool Studios)

Create

1st place: Fantastic Contraption, by Northway Games
2nd place: Soundstage, by Hard Light Labs
3rd place: Paintlab, by LAB4242
Runners-up: Kodon (TenkLabs), Arcade Artist (Groove Jones)

Connect

1st place: Cloudlands: VR Minigolf, by Futuretown
2nd place: AltspaceVR, by AltSpaceVR
3rd place: Engage, by Immersive VR Education Ltd.
Runners-up: World of Diving (Vertigo Games), SurrealVR (SurrealVR)

Experience

1st place: Allumette, by Penrose Studios
2nd place: Pearl, by Google Spotlight Stories
3rd place: Firebird – La Péri, by InnerspaceVR
Runners-up: TheBlu (Wevr), The Night Café: A VR Tribute to Van Gogh (Borrowed Light Studios)

Community Choice Award

A Chair in a Room: Greenwater, by Wolf & Wood Interactive Ltd.

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