(Audio) Podcast Ep. 69 - Interview - Nathan Burba of Raw Data
7In today's episode, we interview Nathan Burba of Survios, the folks that brought us all Raw Data and the upcoming Sprint Vector. This is one of the earlier titles for the Vive, launching in July of 2016. Raw Data sold many people on VR and the Vive, including Zain who tried it during his first VR experience. It has both single and multiplayer options and It was also the first game to reach $1 million in sales for a VR title. Nathan dives into his experience starting Survios as well as many stories from the early days of VR. Hope you enjoy the interview!
***Steam Key Giveaway for Raw Data
Make sure to listen to the beginning of the episode for details!
01:30 - Raw Data Steam Key Giveaway instructions
04:45 - Nathan goes into his personal history as a developer before VR
08:05 - When VR possibilities started to dawn on everyone
13:30 - How all of the pieces of VR started coming together for Nathan
18:45 - Putting the team together of what eventually became Survios
26:45 - The magical moment of seeing players in VR for the first time
32:50 - How difficult it was for people to grasp the potential of VR in the early days
36:05 - The official founding of Survios after the first seed funding was received
42:10 - The trip to San Francisco and the day Oculus was purchased by Facebook
49:45 - Taking things to next level with funding and a hardware/software gameplan
51:05 - The early building blocks for Raw Data and how the characters were designed
54:30 - The transition away from hardware and full focus on software for Survios
01:00:15 - Our experience trying Sprint Vector, Survios' upcoming title
01:04:10 - How to solve the nausea problem in movement based games like Spring Vector
01:10:45 - What the approach to motion sickness should be for VR developers
01:15:05 - Nate's approach and why he and Survios chose to do VR
01:21:50 - The future of VR and where Nate thinks companies should focus their resources
01:26:20 - Asymmetric VR compatibility between headsets and desktops
Link to Raw Data on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/436320/Raw_Data/
$20 Monthly Steam Gift Card Giveaway Instructions:
- Leave a review on iTunes and send a screenshot to contact@everythingvive.com
- We will randomly draw a name at the beginning of every month and winner will receive a $20 Steam gift card.
Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
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