Machra VR Adventures mission and vision statement

The mission statement for my business Machra VR Adventures is as follows: "Machra VR Adventures is dedicated to redefining and reinvigorating the tabletop role playing experience through virtual reality to bring players closer together". Our vision is to be the number one platform for online tabletop role playing. This accurately states what my business will strive to accomplish with our product and services. Online tabletop role playing typically is held over a video chat service such as Skype or Google Hangouts. This is problematic in the fact that players only see a flat image of other players and the person running the game, which drastically changes the dynamic of play. Players may have a harder time discussing strategies as they have to talk one at a time and side conversations are nearly impossible. Video chat services are reliably unreliable as well, causing dropouts, stutters, and audio/visual glitches that can destroy the immersion and pacing of an intense session. Our goal with our app Pen and Paper VR is to create a virtual environment which has the same feel as a real table, with the added benefit of increased atmosphere through 3D room environment models (the surrounding room), dramatic lighting, player costumes, and customization for in game avatars, dice, and playing environments (the playing board). These are mostly things that could not be accomplished in a normal tabletop setting without a lot of effort, and can be done relatively easily using virtual reality. As virtual reality technology becomes more and more ubiquitous, experiences like these will become common as a standard way to interact with a game, movie, play, etc. As the technology advances, it will be possible for players to use their hands and facial expressions during sessions to get their point across. At this point, there will be practically no difference between tabletop role playing in real life and in virtual reality. We hope that this will add to the experience enough that our platform will become the premiere way for players to experience tabletop role playing.