Tencent to Push PC VR Prototype Engine

Today is the second day of 2016 TGPC. Tencent VR is held in the forum for developers. Tian Gang, head of Tencent's smart innovation business unit, said that Tencent will launch a prototype PC VR with the end of this year and will The basic SDK will be distributed to the core developers, and will be gradually opened to other developers, and more developers will recall in the future.

Wang Bo, vice president of Tencent, said in his speech that for the VR industry, the current stage is the winter of capital, the spring of the industry; the hype of winter, the spring of hard work. He expressed that Tencent, as the platform company with the most users, will work with companies such as chips and engines to build related industry standards, lower thresholds, optimize technologies, provide users with the best experience, and allow developers and users to directly dialogue and create rich and diverse Ecology.

Tian Gang, head of Tencent's smart innovation business department, said in his speech titled "Zhiyong Futures Building a New VR Ecology," the two major trends in VR development: PC VR has the most presence and is a deep player choice; mobile VR may be the first to detonate. VR market.

Speaking of Tencent’s PC VR layout, he said that Tencent’s prototype PC VR will be launched at the end of this year. It will be distributed to core developers along with the basic SDK in the early stage, and will be gradually opened to other developers. Hold more developer conferences.

In the aspect of mobile VR development, Tencent will transfer the achievements of PC VR to mobile, build a mobile VR experience standard with relevant partners, and provide more local and end-to-end services.

At the same time, Tencent will extend its advantage in the gaming field based on its own billion-user gaming community. In addition, it will also focus on ecological construction to achieve win-win cooperation.

He also said that the technology and content will be Tencent's VR dual Engine.

Shen Li, deputy general manager of Tencent Mutual Entertainment R&D Department, stated that currently Mutual Entertainment has completed the exploration of some VR contents in 2015. They are now based on past experience, a content development called "Solar VR", Solar VR is defined as a game social platform, about the middle of next year to launch an early version of the experience for users.