At the Long Beach Comic Con 2017 there was a Comics, Games, and VR: The Future of Transmedia Panel: The biggest company in Virtual Reality is entering the world of comics, and they’re here to talk about why! Survios’ smash hit Raw Data was the first VR game to reach #1 on the Steam Global Sales charts. Then this summer the company debuted seven comics stories set in the world of Raw Data. Now they’re joined by the book’s creators, as well as some experts in transmedia, to talk about what one has to do with the other! Here is the full panel. By @SteveSievers
The panel features Jonathan Callan – Senior Writer (Survios) Emmett Furey – Transmedia Expert, Nick Bragg – comics writer (television’s “The 100”) Eric Carrasco – comics writer (BOOM! Studios’ Maze Runner Graphic Novel, CW’s “Supergirl”) Anne-Mortensen Agnew (“VAST, “Thunderbirds Are Go!”)
Survios was founded in 2013 and is a Los Angeles-based virtual reality studio focused on building connected VR experiences with emergent interactivity, social multiplayer and visceral play. At Survios, gaming is seen as an art form , and we don’t just want to make games more immersive —we strive to make them more
human. Our mission is to expand the human experience and unlock our creative potential through the power of virtual reality. For more information, visit www.survios.com .
Built from the ground up for VR, Raw Data’s action gameplay, intuitive controls, challenging enemies, and sci-fi atmosphere will completely immerse you within the surreal world of Eden Corp. Go solo or team up and become the adrenaline-charged heroes of your own futuristic technothriller. https://survios.com/rawdata/
