VRFocus - True Player Gear's Totem headset has been grabbing a fair amount of attention from the gaming community due to it's widespread compatibility. After a warmly received outing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) earlier this month, the team has revealed plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the head-mounted display (HMD) this summer.
From the start, Totem's incredible pixel graphics and coloration that attracted a large audience at its booth. Killing enemies, collecting Mana from plants, and gaining new powers wasn't anything that other games haven't done but Totem's graphical style kept these tedious from getting stale. With the demo ending on a high-point, providing an excellent boss fight against a god.
VRFocus - In mid-September 2014 Vrvana launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign for its Totem virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD). The company had hoped to raise $350,000 CAD in funding to aid production of the device. Just over three weeks later and the company has cancelled that campaign, six days before it was due to close naturally on 15th October. With less than a week to go, the campaign had raised $181,643 with the help of 472 backers, leaving a big gap to close in the final days. Instead the company is now opting for funding based on pre-orders.
VRFocus - It’s just under a week into the Kickstarter campaign for Vrvana’s Totem virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) now and things seem to be progressing smoothly. The company has raised over a third of its $350,000 CAD goal and has been busying itself trying to promote the campaign across the internet in order to further raise funds. Towards the end of last week the company hosted an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, where it faced some tough questions from the VR community about how the device stacks up to the more popular VR HMD, the Oculus Rift.
Agreed. Just like there is room for more than one Blu-ray player manufacturer. I just want VR to be a success as a whole.
Since it's obvious that Oculus Rift and Morpheus are not in competition with each other because their potential customers don't overlap. Heck, both Sony and Microsoft have even said it themselves.
But even if they were, I'd have no problem with a third company. The more competition in this market the better. What if this company comes up with a great VR, or the more likely scenario would be they come in much cheaper, causing a price war. Consumers always come out on top the more competition there is.