VR Developer Survey

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* 1. What is your age?

18 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

55+

Prefer not to say

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* 2. In what country do you live?

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* 3. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Decline to state

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* 4. How many years have you worked professionally as a developer?

0-2 years

3-5 years

6-10 years

10-20 years

20-30 years

30+ years

I'm not sure

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* 5. How many people work at your company?

1-9

10-50

51-100

101-500

501-1000

1001+

I'm not sure

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* 6. How many people are in your specific team or group?

1-2 people

3-5 people

6-10 people

11-20 people

21+ people

I'm not sure

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* 7. Revenue for your company in 2018 was

Under $20,000

$20,000 - $49,999

$50,000 - $99,999

$100,000 - $249,999

$250,000 - $999,999

$1 million or more

I am not sure / decline to state

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* 8. Please identify your role in your company's VR initiatives

I lead my company's VR initiatives

I am actively involved in my company's VR initiatives

I have monitored VR initiatives in an admin capacity

I have limited or passing knowledge of my company's VR initiatives

I am not involved with VR

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* 9. Which of the following commercial game engines are you familiar with?

Unity

PhyreEngine

Unreal Engine

Uplevel

Coco2d

CryEngine

Illusory

None of the above - I don't know any of these or have only used proprietary engines

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* 10. What do you think is most exciting about developing VR-based apps?

Being at the forefront of new tech

Being involved in creating something that has never been done before

Opportunities to explore a wide variety of industries

Learning new techniques / expanding knowledge base

The type of people the industry attracts

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Who is your main audience as a developer?

Enterprise / Public Sector / Education

Consumers

Events

Location-based entertainment

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* 12. FOR ENTERPRISE, please select the following industries for which you have helped develop and deliver VR apps and content in the last 3 years.

Manufacturing / Heavy Industry

Architecture / Engineering / Construction

Business / Professional Services

Automotive

Retail & Consumer Products

Healthcare / Medical

Financial Services

Energy / Utilities / Natural Resources

Media / Entertainment

Hospitality / Travel

Public Sector

Education

Aerospace

Not Applicable

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* 13. FOR CONSUMER, please select the following consumer VR app or content types that you have helped develop and deliver in the last 3 years.

Other consumer-oriented app or content type (personal expression, productivity, etc.)

Games

Commercial or user-generated videos or photos

Social networking, private communication or group text/voice/video chat

Not applicable

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* 14. FOR GAMES, what type or genre of game are you working on now, or did you last complete if you are between projects?

Music, dancing & rhythm (i.e., Beat Saber, Audica, Audioshield)

Simulators (i.e., Job Simulator, Prison Boss)

Physical fitness & health-related (i.e., Knockout League, Sparc, Hotsquat)

Family, children & party (i.e., Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes)

Battle Royale (i.e., Population One, Stand Out VR Battle Royal)

Multiplayer Shooters (Pavlov VR, Onward)

Classics (i.e., Pac-Man, Atari or NES / SNES game emulators)

Strategy & tactics (i.e., Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl, Final Assault)

Puzzle (i.e., I Expect You To Die, Curious Tales of the Stolen Pets, A Fisherman’s Tale)

Word & trivia (i.e., VR Trivia Battle)

Educational & brain training (including number-based games like Sudoku)

Fighting (i.e., Ninja Legends, Gorn)

Action and Open World Action (i.e., Stormland, LA Noire: The VR Case Files)

Adventure (story-driven games like Moss & The Gallery – Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone)

Indie (unusual games from small studios i.e., Fujii, Where Thoughts Go)

Classic board & collectible cards (i.e., Monopoly, Catan VR)

Shooter (i.e., Space Pirate Trainer, Gun Club VR, Farpoint)

Role playing (i.e., Skyrim VR, Asgard’s Wrath)

Playing card, casino & billiards (i.e., PokerStars VR, Sports Bar VR)

Sandbox (i.e., Minecraft VR)

Not applicable

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* 15. What commercial game engines and middleware tools have you used to develop VR apps / content in the past year?

RAD Game Tools

React 360

Graphine (Granite SDK)

FMOD from Firelight Tech.

NVIDIA GameWorks

Skillz

Havok (physics engine)

Wwise from Audiokinetic

Native (C++)

Unreal Engine

Autodesk Gameware

Adobe 3ds Max, Maya or Substance

Unity

CryEngine

WebVR

Other, proprietary or not sure

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* 16. What is the biggest challenge or deterrent for you in terms of developing and commercializing VR-based apps today?

Lack of tools and documentation

Low audience adoption

The end user experience as it exists today

Lack of hardware innovation

Investor or project funder concerns about the industry’s prospects (or our project's prospects)

Project management or team-based challenges

Lack of solid business model strategies

Some other factor, please specify

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* 17. Given the main challenge you've identified, have you previously encountered a similar problem? If so, how did you (or your group/team) address this challenge?

I have never encountered this type of challenge before

I have encountered a similar problem in the past, but it stumped me/us

I have encountered a similar problem before and I/we were able to overcome it by [please explain, and while not mentioning specific people or apps/companies, briefly describe the specific problem you ran into and give some details on the solution that ultimately worked]

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* 18. What do you think has changed in the industry over the last year?

More developers entering the space

More media attention

Wider end-user adoption

Better development tools and documentation

More companies interested in incorporating VR into their processes

More funding for VR projects and companies

Other (please specify)

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* 19. What is the biggest hardware challenge today?

Design challenges

Lack of mobile platforms (mobile VR is weakly supported)

Tethering (to PCs or game consoles)

Competing platforms (fragmentation of the install base)

Integrating VR into existing systems and processes

Cost to end users to buy VR hardware

The user experience is lacking

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* 20. What do you think VR hardware companies should do to better support developers?

Accessory deals

More mass marketing

Early access to developer kits

Developer exclusive discounts

Up front content investment

Technical support

I don’t know

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* 21. What do you think is the biggest challenge that the VR market faces today?

The hardware is generally poorly designed; it’s uncomfortable to wear for extended periods

Security

Latency / WiFi

Tethering / lack of mobility

The hardware doesn’t work well enough (poor performance, bad user experience)

The hardware costs too much / users can’t afford it

The content isn't exciting enough (the games, videos and apps don't appeal to users)

The games, apps or content cost too much

General lack of awareness about or interest in VR experiences

Other or not sure

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* 22. What industries and market segments are best primed for VR growth in 2020? Select top 3

Education

Enterprise

Art

E-commerce / Retail

Entertainment / Media

Training / Simulation

Location-based Entertainment

Gaming

Military

Science

I’m not sure

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* 23. What areas are you most focused on?

Tethered VR platforms (HTC VIVE or VIVE PRO, Oculus Rift or Rift S, Sony PSVR, Valve Index, etc.)

Stand-alone VR systems (Oculus Quest or Go, HTC Focus, etc.)

Mobile VR (Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, etc.)

I’m not sure

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* 24. Are you creating, or will you create content for multiple VR platforms in 2020

Yes

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* 25. Which platforms did you develop for in 2019?

Google Daydream SDK

Nvidia VRworks

Oculus SDK

VIVEPORT SDK

Qualcomm Snapdragon VR SDK

OpenVR SDK

VIVE SENSE SDK

Steamworks SDK

ARM Mali VR SDK

VIVE Wave SDK

Other or not sure

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* 26. What are the biggest drawbacks to existing developer tools?

The art/asset creation tools out there need work

The commercial game engines have clear limitations

The audio middleware tools aren't robust or flexible enough

The server-side (multiplayer/social) tools are weak

The available user interface options aren't great

Other or not sure

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* 27. What are the biggest pain points with technical documentation? (engines, art creation, audio, etc.)

Hard to find what I'm looking for quickly online

The topics documented online aren't specific or clear enough to address my problems

It’s hard to get someone from the toolmaker or engine provider to respond to my question quickly

Responses to my queries from toolmakers, engine providers or from other developers are incomplete or wrong

Some other factor

I don’t know or not sure

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* 28. What are the biggest challenges you face when marketing new content?

Lack of time to prepare trailers or in-VR previews

Few promotional campaigns or sales events hosted by platforms

Lack of publications regularly covering VR content

Lack of marketing team or resources/money

Low visibility of title on the stores

Breadth of competition

Niche appeal of industry currently

Small user base

Other (please specify)

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