Recently, GDC (Game Developers Conference) released the 2017 Global Game Industry Report. The report shows that 39% of the developers attending the conference are developing VR/AR games, and 24% of the developers choose HTC Vive as the development platform, making it ahead of other competitors and becoming the "most popular" platform. Two years have passed since its launch in March 2015. HTC Vive has always been at the forefront of the VR equipment brigade. Whether at the technical level or the content level, HTC Vive has always been an example and benchmark for many developers.

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It is no exaggeration to call HTC Vive the most content VR platform. Currently, there are nearly 1,300 HTC Vive platform games on Steam, and HTC's own application store Viveport also has nearly 640 VR applications. Both quality and quantity have leaps compared to the beginning of Vive's launch, and far exceeds other platforms. Among these games, there are many well-known masterpieces like Half Life and Famine, and more are games developed by independent developers. In the VR market where content is relatively scarce, this "grand occasion" on HTC Vive is extremely precious!

At the end of 2016, HTC held the first Viveport Global Content Competition, aiming to display, encourage and reward development teams that create excellent virtual reality content. This competition awarded five awards: Development Award, Creation Award, Interaction Award, Experience Award and Public Review Award. Dozens of excellent works stood out and showed developers in the same industry what is the best content product in the current VR technology field. Here are several of the award-winning game works that are popular on social platforms and media-

"A Chair in a Room: Greenwater"

A Chair in a Room: Greenwater

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As one of the most acclaimed horror games on the HTC Vive platform and even all VR platforms, "Chair in the Room: Green Water" was released in the first half of 2016, with downloads exceeding 350,000. The immersive experience provided by HTC Vive allows players to devote themselves to the game for hours without feeling uncomfortable. The game's reasonable duration and excellent adventure mission arrangement make it stand out and become an excellent representative work that even VR newbies can enjoy.

《Fantasy: VR Minigolf》

Fantasy: VR Minigolf (Cloudlands: VR Minigolf)

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On all game platforms that focus on body-immersion experience, sports games are the types that developers prefer, and HTC Vive is no exception. This "Fantasy: VR Mini Golf" level design is interesting, highly equipped, but not very difficult. The most important thing is that this game is very interactive. Players can not only fight with local friends, but also make their own maps in the creative workshop, so they won the "Interactive Award" of the Viveport Developer Award.

"Fantastic Contraction"

"Fantastic Contraction"

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"Fantasy Device" is a construction game on the HTC Vive platform. The game method is similar to "Minecraft", but players will use the first-person perspective to build in the game, and the entire construction process can be displayed on the TV screen through the third-person perspective for others to watch. This game is very suitable for friends gatherings and family fun. The colorful cartoon images will surely be very popular among children.

Now, the Viveport China Content Competition has entered the final review stage. The winners will be announced at the Vive ecosystem conference held in Shenzhen at the end of March, which is worth looking forward to. Of course, the above is just the tip of the iceberg of excellent games on the HTC Vive platform. More high-quality and good games still require players to continue to explore and wait. HTC Vive is undoubtedly the best experience VR device on the market today. Although its price is more suitable for players with certain financial capabilities, it is definitely worth the experience of all players who are ready to enter the VR world.

The 15th ChinaJoy, with the slogan "Fifteen Years of Walking with Peer and Share Pan Entertainment", will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from July 27 to July 30, 2017. At the same time, the 2nd International Smart Entertainment Hardware Exhibition (eSmart) will be jointly sponsored by ChinaJoy organizer Hanwei Xinheng and China VR/AR Entertainment Industry Alliance (co-sponsored by Hanwei Culture, Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, NVIDIA, EPIC, Shanda Group, Storm Magic Mirror, LeTV Virtual Reality, Mili Film and other more than ten internationally renowned VR\AR entertainment companies including Hanwei Culture, Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, NVIDIA, EPIC, Shanda Group, Storm Magic Mirror, LeTV Virtual Reality, Mili Film and other internationally renowned VR\AR entertainment companies). Recently, HTC Vive has confirmed to participate in this eSmart, bringing live audiences the best display and experience in the VR field. What exciting display content and live events will HTC Vive bring to you?It can be foreseeable that by then, the HTC booth will surely become the hot coordinate for the audience and the media to "check in"!

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In addition to HTC Vive, a series of well-known manufacturers such as Pico, Ants and Jiu’s VR, Immersive VR, Ruilishi, Jingshi Technology, Lingyu Intelligent Control, Guangjing Technology, Changlai VR, Linggan Technology, and Magic Video Interactive have successively entered the second eSmart - such a huge lineup of exhibitors, bringing together resources from many content providers, hardware equipment manufacturers, channel publishers and other parties, and jointly forming a grand and complete intelligent entertainment hardware ecological industrial chain. Dozens of well-known companies at home and abroad gather here, and a "heroes" in the fields of smart entertainment hardware and VR/AR will be launched soon! This summer, I look forward to visiting the eSmart exhibition site to experience the infinite fun brought by smart entertainment hardware and VR/AR technology!

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