HTC first announced its virtual reality app store Viveport for desktops earlier this year. The company has now announced a similar version of its virtual reality app store for Android devices.
The Viveport M store will consist of VR-centric apps and 360-degree content. This version is currently only accessible to developers and is expected to launch commercially towards the end of the year.
HTC’s Viveport poses direct competition to other similar Android platform apps such as Google’s DayDream.
HTC also announced the upcoming available of Viveport Arcade, a VR content management and sales platform customised for offline experience centres.
‘Viveport Arcade will make it much easier for VR arcade operators to legally acquire the most compelling VR content available, while the system itself will allow both operators and developers to accurately share the revenue from end users,’ HTC said in a statement.
‘Pilot programs for Viveport Arcade have already been deployed in a number of locations in the last 1-2 months and will soon expand to hundreds of gaming centres, amusements parks and karaoke bars across China and globally,’ the company added.
