VR firm HIKKY releases a proprietary VR development engine, Vket Cloud

In addition to HIKKY’s current lineup of VR creative and development services — most popular of which is the world’s largest VR event, Virtual Market — the firm announced the start of their Vket Cloud service. The Vket Cloud is a content development engine that runs on web browsers and smartphones, significantly lowering the barrier to entry for more casual and first-time VR users.

With the prevalence of social media and online conference tools, communication is becoming increasingly digitized. XR technologies such as VR and AR are receiving more and more attention as the next generation of communication services. Vket Cloud — which is HIKKY’s proprietary VR content development engine — is a way to meet the growing needs for xR development from clients, and make VR content more easily and widely available to users.

The virtual spaces made in Vket Cloud are accessible from smartphones and computers with a simple click of a URL. No specific applications or software downloads are necessary, and the content is multiplayer with voice chatting and texting functions among participants in the same virtual environment.

HIKKY delivers unique content and opportunities for users to discover new brands and have unforgettable experiences with them through VR. With Vket Cloud, this is now possible to a wider user base, including those without VR headsets or high-spec gaming computers.

Vket Cloud’s virtual spaces are built on web browsers like Google Chrome and Safari, so no app downloads are needed and you can access from your handheld device. All that’s needed to access is a click of a URL link.

Vket Cloud opens up the potential VR user base to everyone on the internet, thereby opening up new channels for clients to reach customers.

Users access Vket Cloud’s VR worlds with a 3D avatar that can move around freely and use to communicate with other users. Unlike web conference tools, Vket Cloud creates a more realistic communication style possible, as the closer you approach other avatars, the louder your voice becomes to them.

Vket Cloud has impressive graphics performance, especially on smartphones. By immersing users and customers in high-quality graphics with stress-free performance and rich experiences, HIKKY offers interactive branding products and experiences.

HIKKY offers white-label VR products corresponding to customer tasks and needs, with several functions including implementing company identification, analytics, and service packaging. Vket Cloud is not dependent on other company platforms and supports setting up original VR content proprietary to clients.

Parts of the largest VR event around the world, Virtual Market 6, are available on Vket Cloud. Click the link below to view the content from your smartphone or PC.
*Connection to Wi-Fi recommended.

This virtual shop was built to convey a Japanese festival atmosphere. On the second floor of the shop, you’ll find a virtual bath and sauna based on the popular real-life project, “Sento no Susume 2021,” where you can purchase collaboration merchandise, including with the brand Cow Soap.

On the first floor are more collaborative products with popular anime and manga series including Kinnikuman, Pui Pui Molcar, Kyoukai Senki, and the Netflix original anime series, Eden.

Come visit HIKKY’s virtual club, “Emission” — now available on Vket Cloud. Visitors get a realistic club experience, and during Virtual Market 6, a collaborative musical event with PKCZ, a group signed under the talent agency LDH Japan, will be held at the venue.

Vket Mall is the first permanent all-purpose shopping mall in virtual reality. It has specialty shops for 3D models including avatars, worlds, and accessories. The Vket Mall prototype pre-opened during Virtual Market 6, with the first round of 10 shops opening during its first week and the second round opening during its second.

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Establishing magnetic virtual worlds & opening the path to them
VR HIKKY is a VR corporation whose main business is the planning, production, and promotion of large-scale events in the VR/AR domain, and new business development with partner companies. It was established with the goal of developing the living, economic, and cultural spheres of the virtual world, as well as discovering and nurturing creators, with the hottest creators leading entertainment VR as its members. HIKKY provides the world's only VR solutions with the aim of creating a world where the value of everyone's creativity is widely recognized.

HIKKY's Virtual Market, the world's largest VR event, won the top prize in the marketing category at the international VR awards ceremony, the VR AWARDS in 2020, and the top prize at the XR CREATIVE AWARD 2020 in Japan. In 2021, the company was awarded a Guinness World Record™.

For inquiries and VR project requests, please visit the website below and contact us at: https://www.hikky.life/contact

To learn more about Vket Cloud, visit: https://www.hikky.co.jp/vketcloud