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Future Realities Summit: Entering the Omniverse: The 'Dimensional Double Shift' Postmortem
Andrew Eiche (CEOwl, Owlchemy Labs Inc)
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Track: VR/AR
Format: Lecture
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: All
Owlchemy Labs could have rested on their laurels — content in updating their existing titles and continuing down the niche they built for themselves as a single player VR developer.
Instead, they chose a bolder path.
Join Andrew Eiche CEOwl of Owlchemy Labs as he discusses the company's latest title "Dimensional Double Shift." In this talk, he will discuss the choice to develop a hand tracked cooperative multiplayer VR game. He will cover the research and development that went into the game, providing deep insight into the innovation that drove the development of the title.
This talk will be an honest look into how a mid-sized VR studio approached releasing a new IP. Where the title succeeds, where it could have been better, and ultimately where the title is heading.
Takeaway
Attendees will get a deep-dive case study in developing and launching a new IP in an emerging technology and an ever-changing gaming landscape. They will also learn best practices for hand tracked XR games and hand tracked user interfaces.
Intended Audience
Developers who are considering developing a VR game. Especially folks weighing all the various options of the shifting technology (hand tracking, MR, etc.)
AA to indie sized developers who are interested in how to launch a new IP in the chaos of the modern era.
