Action · April 28, 2016

Bigscreen Beta (2016)

group1M–10M owners
Bigscreen enables people to watch videos in VR with friends through a variety of ways! Share your desktop screen, watch high quality, premium 3D movies, attend live rocket launch events, play your own video files using our new videoplayer feature, and much more! Watch your favorite movies with friends and family around the world in a cozy home theater or a massive IMAX-style cinema! Relive the good ol' days when you hung out with friends IRL and played video games in the basement until 4AM. Screen cheat or strategize and play together! Instead of that tiny 13' laptop, play any game on massive, customizable screens. Wrap the virtual screen around you for a more immersive experience. See your PC's desktop screen on huge virtual monitors! There's multi-monitor support for up to three virtual monitors and all customizable to any shape or size. With desktop screensharing and multi-monitor capabilities, you can also work alongside the videoplayer, enabling you to put the videoplayer on the big screen, while being surrounded by monitors. This enables a mix of productivity and entertainment, creating the ultimate workspace. Bigscreen's partnership with movie studios, such as Paramount Pictures, provides official movie broadcasts and enables you to rent and watch high quality 3D movies in VR. You can also watch movies in side-by-side 3D or over-under 3D directly from your desktop. Our videoplayer supports many file formats and codecs, including 3D movies! Worried about not having the same VR headset? There's cross-platform VR headset support for the Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest, HTC Vive, any SteamVR headset, and any Windows Mixed Reality headset! Want to socialize a bit? Create or join public or private rooms for up to 12 people! Check out what other people are doing in their rooms, hang out, and make new friends! Find a scene that fits your mood! Choose from a variety of environments such as an actual movie theater, a retro-styled theater, a space station, campfires, modern living rooms, and more! Maybe you're not always here to watch a video or a movie. 3D markers are available for you to create images in the virtual space, and you can share that with anyone that hangs out in your room. They might even want to draw beside you! We're always working on new features! Feel free to let us know how we can improve your experience in Bigscreen from the options listed in the Support section below. FRIEND SYSTEM : Add your friends to your list so they can easily join your rooms. NEW AVATARS : Updated avatar options will be available for you to customize even further. Built-in YouTube and TV channels in your own rooms. More movie studio partnerships to host even more 3D movie screenings! Experiencing a bug? Crashing? Need help? Join our community from one or all of the options below, and we'll be happy to help! Our community is very supportive and sometimes reply quicker than us: Directly email us at [email protected] . Join the for the speediest replies! Post on our Steam forums since this is on Steam.

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Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • VR · 381
  • Free to Play · 375
  • Software · 365
  • Open World · 360
  • Utilities · 357
  • Split Screen · 353
  • Multiplayer · 347
  • 3D · 345
  • Movie · 339
  • First-Person · 326
  • Casual · 318
  • Choose Your Own Adventure · 317
  • Cinematic · 305
  • Exploration · 304
  • Simulation · 302

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.1k Steam reviewsTop 77% in Action
Positive rating85% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 55%
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 66% for session depth among Action

Press Quotes

“Bigscreen combines the power and utility of your desktop computer, with the limitless and immersive presence of VR, to create a one-of-a-kind social experience” UploadVR “That ability to display whatever I want, in whatever size, shape and placement I prefer, that has me the most excited about virtual reality.” Polygon “An important step toward turning VR from a once-in-a-blue-moon experience into something you use every day” Engadget

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Input & Comfort

  • Tracked Controller Support
  • VR Only

Other

  • Single-player

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 28, 2016
DeveloperBigscreen, Inc.
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time