Berkeley-based startup More Equal Studios demos new virtual reality game
More Equal Studios, a Berkeley-based startup, showcased a demo of an elemental manipulation virtual reality, or VR, game to more than 50 community members at the Virtual Experience Convention, or VXPC, held on campus Oct. 8.
The game, Project Aether, was inspired by the cartoon show “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and allows players to use the company’s new gesture recognition system to control earth, water, fire and wind in the simulation. The six-member team at More Equal Studios, composed entirely of campus alumni, has been working on the project for approximately three months and hopes to make the game available via Steam Early Access by March 2017.
“Our gesture recognition system is completely new to the industry,” said Zain Nayer, co-founder of More Equal Studios. “It is driven by a complex machine learning algorithm, allowing for more immersive controls than simple button clicks.”
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