DPVR and Showtime VR accomplice to reinforce group VR experiences

January 26, 2024 – DPVR, a Shanghai-based supplier of digital actuality (VR) {hardware} and software program options, has introduced that it has joined forces with Showtime VR, a VR software program firm specializing in synchronized digital actuality playback, to supply a mixed {hardware} and software program resolution for business functions.

The partnership will pair DPVR’s all-in-one headsets with Showtime VR’s distant content material administration app to supply a cost-saving resolution for group VR experiences throughout the training, coaching, enterprise, leisure, arts and occasion sectors. 

DPVR said that by way of the mix of its all-in-one headset portfolio with the Showtime VR distant content material administration app, it goals to supply a complete VR resolution that may meet the wants of any business or group looking for a user-friendly resolution for launching group digital actuality experiences.

Showtime VR presents a digital actuality software program resolution designed for skilled playback of 360-degree immersive content material on VR headsets. Key options of the corporate’s platform embrace:

• Distant management over a number of VR headsets concurrently – native and on-line;
• DRM video encryption;
• Content material administration and playback statistics;
• Headtracked subtitles and spatial audio help;
• Compatibility with varied video codecs, together with 360-degree, 180-degree, flat movies, and panoramas;
• Streaming capabilities for each on-line and native sources;
• Superior options with totally different licensing choices, together with Showtime VR On-line for limitless headset synchronization.

The combination of the 2 firms’ {hardware} and software program options will enable for full management over a number of DPVR headsets on-line or regionally, and can enable for the administration of immersive content material by way of a smartphone, pill, or PC.

“Digital actuality solely is sensible if it solutions precise wants, corresponding to in training, coaching, healthcare, tradition, and leisure. Subsequently the VR resolution at all times must make issues simpler, no more sophisticated. Showtime VR’s system for synchronized VR playback, in addition to our partnership with {hardware} producers corresponding to DPVR, helps to make VR simpler in order that this know-how can actually get into the mainstream” mentioned Jan Szczycinski, CEO of Showtime VR.

With in depth expertise in B2B VR, DPVR presents a spread of enterprise-level units, corresponding to the corporate’s enterprise-focused P2 mannequin, in addition to customizable VR {hardware} and software program options ranging from USD $100-$200. The corporate famous that this makes its VR {hardware} choices a extra accessible selection for giant quantity orders and small to medium-sized companies.

“Content material distribution and latency considerations have at all times posed vital challenges for firms of all sizes,” mentioned Derek Liu, VP of DPVR. “The partnership between Showtime VR allows our clients to confidently scale their VR use with out the burden of those considerations, whereas the joint resolution might help save at the least 1/3 of the general price. Moreover, the ever-lasting energy module and content-encryption characteristic within the DPVR P2 guarantee a safe and uninterrupted immersive expertise throughout operational workflows.”

To study extra about DPVR and its VR {hardware} and software program options, click on here. To search out out extra about Showtime VR and its synchronized digital actuality playback platform, click on here.

Picture / video credit score: DPVR / Showtime VR / YouTube