“Raw Data” Debuts at VRLA Winter Expo

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When 2016 rolled around, it was no secret within the close-knit VR community that Survios had been on the downlow for a while. For us, VRLA was the big reveal of what’s been consuming our lives for basically the past year and a half. So we built up the excitement, both for us and for our fans, as we anxiously counted down to January 23.

But the reality is that we weren’t that nervous–we were absolutely stoked to finally share Raw Data with everybody because we’ve had so much fun playing it ourselves!

And, judging from seeing people like these guys getting into Active VR, it seems the feelings were mutual…

 

 

That’s why we set up not just one of the more elaborate booths at VRLA, but partnered with our friends at HTC, AMD, Alienware and Twitch–plus The Nerdist’s Malik Forte–to host the first-ever livestreamed VR event. And, of course, we had to make that an awesome afterparty in and of itself, so we had Double A Events hook us up with an slow-mo photo booth, the Komodo truck, some spicy mixology and a DJ who ignited an impromptu dance party.

The result? Well, you can watch it for yourself–here’s the complete livestream as watched by 700+ viewers on Twitch:

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Or, if you don’t have two hours to spare, we’ve cut together some pretty sweet highlights, as well as put together a full photo album of the Expo and after-party:
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Major props to everyone on the Survios team who helped set up those HTC Vive-compatible demo spaces with external streaming, proving that VR can go anywhere with the right amount of math, measuring and ingenuity.

Finally, we got the media’s first impressions of Raw Data--and these have only pushed us to develop the combat experience to be even more immersive and wholly badass: