'Rec Room' Developer Secures $5 Million In Funding, Pledges To Keep The Game Free

[kcarbotte]

Against Gravity, the developer behind the popular social VR game, "Rec Room," revealed that it secured enough investor funding the keep the experience free for everyone.

'Rec Room' Developer Secures $5 Million In Funding, Pledges To Keep The Game Free : Read more

 

[Jeff Fx]

Rec Room had become pretty much unusable because idiots thought it was a place to put children who shouldn't even be exposed to VR yet with their visual cortex still developing. It was full of short and even crawling players acting like maniacs, who ruined the experience for people who are old enough to be playing the game.

 

[WFang]

seems like the same problem that plagues almost all xbox/PS/PC massive online experience.

 

[bit_user]

They should focus on tools to build user-generated content (rooms, games, etc.). Then, their revenue model could be a market place for selling that content.

 

[bit_user]

Rec Room had become pretty much unusable because idiots thought it was a place to put children who shouldn't even be exposed to VR yet with their visual cortex still developing.

Huh, I assumed you could get a private "room", to hang out with your friends. That's what they need.