â–¼ Roblox gets $92 million in financing to build the largest VR social gaming platform from Baidu VR [Baidu VR original manuscript, reproduced please indicate the source] Today's social networks are mostly implemented through information and video. Socialism is dominating the capital market. Games can bring a sense of immersion in social life, but gamers will not be in the game community at all times. The game socialization can only be provided in the game, and will not take you to see the “outside worldâ€. Then a gradual “symbiosis experience†game is born, and people can create according to their own Content to socialize, on these platforms, users can join the good friends to participate in killing games, fall in love, and even to experience the thrill of speed and passion, and Roblox social gaming platform to do it. Roblox VR Social Gaming Platform Recently, Roblox announced that it has completed a Series C financing of US$92 million. Investors include Index Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners. The company hopes to use this hard-won fund to build the world's largest virtual reality (VR) social gaming platform and continue to expand its team and build company infrastructure. Roblox is a sandbox game platform headquartered in San Mateo, California, which was primarily for children and adolescents. In addition to selling the game currency to the player, the company's business model also charges game developers a subscription fee for the social gaming platform. For example, when a player purchases an item in a developer's game, the game developer can obtain a royalty from Roblox. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently about 1.7 million players and developers who have created 22 million games that can be played on tablets, smart phones, PC hosts, Xboxes, and virtual reality helmets. Roblox supports mobile phones, VR, Xbox and other devices There will be more social elements in the future, and social networking has become a very promising segment in the virtual reality (VR) industry. Roblox is seeing this opportunity, with more than 300,000 developers each year. A 3D model is created on this platform. Millions of gamers interact on a social platform. The social platform is not just a game. It also generates educational applications similar to "Bird Simulator", and some are simulated social games, such as Freeze Tag, Murder Mystery, etc. Roblox social gaming platform In addition, Roblox also optimized the camera control specifically for VR in order to be compatible with virtual reality headsets, and increased the switching options between the first and third viewing angles. In the future, the huge user base of the Roblox platform will not only produce a large number of VR games. In April 2016, Roblox announced its access to the Oculus Rift platform, allowing users to design their own VR game world on the platform.
