Today, HTC Vive launched the test version of the Viveport M developer for the mobile VR app store at the Hangzhou Yunqi Conference "HTC Vive and Alibaba Cloud Joint Developer Forum." The birth of Viveport M further enriched the Viveport content platform family, extending the successful experience on Viveport to all types of mobile VR devices, providing users with more diversified and higher quality mobile VR content and experiences. Also announced is Viveport Arcade, an upcoming offline experience store content management and sales platform. This series of measures will complete Viveport’s full platform layout across PC, mobile, and offline experience stores, and open up more diversified profit models and broader user channels for developers.
Han Congqing, President of HTC Vive China, at the "HTC Vive and Alibaba Cloud Joint Developer Forum"
Han Congqing, president of HTC Vive China, said: “Good VR content is particularly critical for the rapidly growing VR industry, but developing high-quality VR content is not an easy task, and investment is expensive. By completing the layout of Viveport in mobile and offline channels. We can help global VR content developers to rapidly expand their user base and generate revenue. These returns will not only enable them to keep pace with the industry's development, but also help them create better works."
Bao Yongzhe, Vice President of HTC Virtual Reality New Technology Department, introduces Viveport M
Viveport M is suitable for most Android mobile devices. Users can easily find and experience high-quality mobile VR applications or 360° video content either through touch screen or VR mode. At present, Viveport M has opened a developer test version, Vive registered developers can download via the Viveport backend system, and the consumer version will be officially launched before the end of the year.
At the same time, as the offline version of PC-based Viveport, Viveport Arcade, which is tailor-made for offline stores, will soon be available. Viveport Arcade will give Vive developers the opportunity to reach those fast-growing user groups who have not yet purchased Vive. It will also make it easier for VR shopkeepers to obtain the most compelling VR game content through legitimate channels. It will also ensure that operators and The accuracy of revenue sharing between developers. In the past one or two months, Viveport Arcade has deployed a lot of pilot stores for VR experience stores, and will soon be stationed in hundreds of amusement halls, playgrounds, KTV and other offline entertainment venues at home and abroad.
In order to better encourage Chinese VR content developers, from October 22 to October 30, HTC will join hands with the FMB Extreme War to host the first "HTC VIVE Extreme Innovation Challenge" in Shanghai. It is reported that the Challenge is mainly for developers who intend to integrate VR content with hardware peripherals.