True to the classic, but optimized for virtual reality, Catan VR allows tabletop fans and new players alike to experience the best-selling board game in a fresh, fully-immersive format. Whether taking on other players around the world, or playing against Catan personalities, players can watch the island come to life in VR for the first time, with beautiful in-game environments and cross-play functionality. Created in conjunction with Klaus and Benjamin Teuber, along with the Catan and Asmodee Digital teams, Catan VR brings everything board gamers love to the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR. The fun begins at launch, with additional VR platforms to follow
Catan GmbH, Catan Studio, Asmodee Digital and Experiment 7 Announce Catan VR™, a Virtual Reality Adaptation of Klaus Teuber's modern board game classic
Experiment 7 is setting out to create more than a way to play games in virtual reality with its Magic Table platform. It’s released two games so far — chess and the Dungeons & Dragons-licensed Dungeon Chess. And next up is Catan VR, which brings the classic Settlers of Catan board game to the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear.
The next game they’re bringing to VR and their Magic Table platform is Settlers of Catan. It’s how Experiment 7 wants to bring board games to VR, by enabling you to customize the space you’re playing in: changing the look of your surroundings, swapping in different pieces of art, and so on. It’s just the first step of their ambitions to make VR a better social space for gaming
One of the world’s most beloved board games is coming to virtual reality — and a group of designers who want to make the worlds we find inside our Oculus Rifts and Samsung Gears the next place for us to gather and play on magical tables
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What is Experiment 7?
Experiment 7 is a VR Strategy Game developer based in San Diego and New York City. We make games that combine AAA polish with deep strategy for players of all kinds. Our studio is comprised of team members from VR, mobile, console and PC, who have worked on everything from real-time strategy games to massively multiplayer online games to entire game engines.
What is Magic Table?
Magic Table is the game environment where you can gather with your friends and play a variety of strategy games, starting with Magic Table Chess in 2016. We want to recapture the experience of game night, without the physical restrictions of getting everyone together in one place.
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