BIGSCREEN TV: watch movies, Twitch, sports, anime and 50+ channels for free, live, 24/7
Hey everyone,
We’re excited to launch Bigscreen TV today, a new way to watch movies, news, anime, sports, and more in VR with friends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b_qjWmIviQ&feature=youtu.be
For the past 3 years, Bigscreen has only had user-created Bigscreen rooms (up to 12 friends per room). Host a room on a Windows PC and Bigscreen’s screensharing features enable people to watch videos with friends, play PC games, and collaborate together.
Bigscreen TV rooms are public and created by Bigscreen. High-quality video streams directly from providers like YouTube and Twitch. Thousands of people can watch a Bigscreen TV channel together, in groups of 8 people per channel room.
No Windows PC required. No screensharing or upload bandwidth requirements. Instant access in one-click to a curated selection of live TV channels.
The existing Bigscreen features you love are all still here: private and public rooms are still fully supported. Offline mode is supported too (no account required!)
The new starting environment is a beautiful modern-themed "Home"
Let me know what you think!
We’re excited to launch Bigscreen TV today, a new way to watch movies, news, anime, sports, and more in VR with friends.
Bigscreen TV Launch Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b_qjWmIviQ&feature=youtu.be
50+ Channels
- Movies & TV: Rifftrax, MST3K, Anime, Pokémon, Pluto Movies, Comet, Shout! Factory, and more
- Gaming & Sports: Red Bull TV, 24/7 Poker, 24/7 Trivia, CBS Sports, FOX Sports, Top Twitch (Ninja, Shroud, Sodapoppin, Timthetatman, Lirik, DrDisrespect, DrLupo, Pokimane, Summit1g), and more
- News & Finance: NBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Sky News, Newsy, Cheddar News, RT America, Weather Nation, Crypto News, and more
- Random: Monstercat, Lofi Hip Hop Beats Radio, Comedy Central, NASA, SpaceX, 24/7 Cats, and more
Free, Live, 24/7, Social, Public, Cross-Platform
- Channels are free and live, provided by free, ad-supported services we have integrated, like YouTube, Twitch, Pluto, Comet. Some content will have advertising by the provider (ex. Twitch) and some content may not be available in all countries (ex. CBS Sports). Most channels are available 24/7.
- Bigscreen TV is social: each TV channel supports thousands of people (in groups of 8 people per room). Thousands of people around the world can watch a League of Legends eSports tournament live together in VR in Bigscreen.
- TV channels are public, making it easy to find people with similar interests. Join the SpaceX channel and meet other SpaceX fans to watch a rocket launch with!
- Bigscreen is cross-platform, and works on every major PC and Mobile VR headset, including SteamVR (HTC Vive, Valve Index), Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, and Samsung GearVR. Bigscreen’s TV feature is also cross-platform, and works on every headset at launch.
Bigscreen TV vs. User-Created Bigscreen Rooms
For the past 3 years, Bigscreen has only had user-created Bigscreen rooms (up to 12 friends per room). Host a room on a Windows PC and Bigscreen’s screensharing features enable people to watch videos with friends, play PC games, and collaborate together.
Bigscreen TV rooms are public and created by Bigscreen. High-quality video streams directly from providers like YouTube and Twitch. Thousands of people can watch a Bigscreen TV channel together, in groups of 8 people per channel room.
No Windows PC required. No screensharing or upload bandwidth requirements. Instant access in one-click to a curated selection of live TV channels.
The existing Bigscreen features you love are all still here: private and public rooms are still fully supported. Offline mode is supported too (no account required!)
Bigscreen Home
The new starting environment is a beautiful modern-themed "Home"
What's NEXT for Bigscreen?
- We're working on a new modern-themed CINEMA! We hope to release it within a couple weeks. This is one of the top requests!
- We are working on 3D Movie Nights, more Bigscreen TV Channels, a Friends System, new Environments, enabling Channels in private/public rooms, and more.
- We are improving Valve Index support and working on new avatars to support the Index controllers.
Let me know what you think!