Toronto, Canada based VR/AR developer, Dark Slope, has closed a seed funding round raising more than US$1.5 million, and has launched its first product, the LBE VR title Scarygirl Mission Maybee.
The funds will be used to add new staff, develop the company’s free roam technology and its enterprise product line, and to support the release of future VR and AR experiences.
As part of the seed round, the company has appointed new investor, Steven DeNure, co-founder and former president/COO of DHX Media, to the board of Dark Slope.
“Technological advancements have put location-based VR and AR applications, tools and experiences at the cusp of widespread adoption by consumers and corporations,” said Raja Khanna, executive chairman and co-founder of Dark Slope.
“The timing is right, and the team at Dark Slope are the best of the best. I am proud to work alongside this group and equally proud to welcome our new investors, and Steven in particular, into the fold.”
Developed from the ground up for large-scale, multiplayer, free-roam VR environments, Scarygirl Mission Maybee is based on the graphic novel and designer toy brand Scarygirl from acclaimed artist Nathan Jurevicius. A first-person action game, up to eight players have to team up to save the world from Dr. Maybee and his diabolical experiments.
To celebrate the launch of the game, Dark Slope is inviting guests to come to its Toronto studio and experience the from February 28. Scarygirl Mission Maybee will rollout worldwide throughout 2019.
