The Outpost - A Social VR Experience

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The Outpost

Six robots have crash landed on a beach on a distant planet and they have one job to do: chill out and socialize while they wait for help to arrive.

Grab your VR headset and visit the far reaches of space in this new Social VR experience where each participant controls a unique procedurally generated robot avatar.

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Launching at SIGGRAPH 2020

A unique take on social VR from the team that created Mary and the Monster, Cave, and Flock.

participants: 2 to 4
of avatars combinations: Millions
of conversations: Thousands
beach that is out of this world: One

There are many opportunities for research, and we expect that a number of scientific papers and some Ph.D. dissertations may come out of this work and related work.
Ken Perlin
Professor, New York University

Created with support from

Frequently Asked Questions

: You'll need a VR ready PC with a NVIDIA Geforce 1060 or comparable graphics card, A VR headset with 6DOF tracking, and a pair of motion controllers. We've tested this experience on the Oculus Quest with the link cable, the Oculus Rift S, and the Vive Pro.

: After you register, we will send you a key to download our beta on Steam.

: Please try to come during your registered time. We want to make sure we connect you the other SIGGRAPH attendees who have registered, and also yes -- we want you back.

: No, but it was inspired by a waterfront bar on Long Island (also named 'The Outpost') which was owned by the father of one of the project creators in the 1970s.

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The Outpost

Launching at SIGGRAPH 2020

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The Outpost