全球著名的显卡芯片制造商英伟达发布首款虚拟实境游戏：《VR 嘉

导读:任天堂出品的AR游戏Pokemon GO 热度还在，这边英伟达又推出了一款叫做：VR Funhouse的VR游戏。英伟达以生产让游戏玩家们津津乐道的强力电脑显卡而出名，但从未涉足游戏领域，此次发布游戏的真正意图不过是促进自家高端显卡的销售。

Nvidia Corp.’s graphics cards have long been a household name around the world, or at least in houses with gamers in them. And now, the company has finally taken a step into gaming proper, launching its first-ever game Thursday.

英伟达（Nvidia）一直以来以优质游戏显卡享誉全球，至少在游戏行业内颇受认可。现在英伟达终于涉足游戏领域，在周四发布了旗下首款游戏。

Titled "VR Funhouse," the game is a virtual reality collection of seven arcade-style mini games and has been designed with two purposes in mind. In a blog post, Nvidia said: “It was created with a dual-purpose. First, we wanted it to be fun. To be enjoyed by people of all ages, whether or not they’ve tried VR, whether or not they’re an early adopter. Second, it was created to show how immersive VR can be when physics simulation is fully integrated into an experience.”

这款叫做“VR嘉年华”的游戏由7款虚拟实境的街机小游戏构成，英伟达推出这款游戏主要出于两个目的。英伟达自己也在博客中提到：“这款游戏的推出主要基于两个目的。首先，我们想让它好玩。不管是不是已经体验过虚拟现实，也不管是不是虚拟现实的老玩家，不管是哪个年龄段的玩家大家都喜欢。其次，我们想用它来展示当物理模拟环境完全融入游戏时，游戏的沉浸程度。”。

The game is built on Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 and using Nvidia’s PhysX SDK (software development kit), integrates “physical simulation into every aspect of the game.” Combined with graphics and haptic feedback, it is meant to “make you feel like you are at a carnival.”

该游戏采用Epic 公司的虚幻4引擎开发，搭载了英伟达物理加速卡 PhysX SDK（ PhysX SDK 是一款软件开发工具包），“游戏的视觉、听觉和触觉各个方面都采用了物理仿真模拟，加上优质显卡和触觉反馈技术，这些都会“使你仿佛真得置身嘉年华。”

Nvidia also said it will release "VR Funhouse" as open source later in the summer to allow developers to experiment with the SDK that will enable enthusiasts and artists to build their own mini-games.

英伟达还表示将在这个夏天开放《VR嘉年华》的源代码供游戏开发者们测试PhysX SDK，该技术可供游戏爱好者和艺术家们开发自己的迷你小游戏。

For now, "VR Funhouse" can be downloaded for free from Steam. It requires Windows 7 or above as operating system, a fast processor, at least 8GB of RAM and a high-end graphics card. And of course, a compatible VR headset, like the HTC Vive.

迄今为止，《VR嘉年华》可以在 游戏平台Steam上免费下载。该游戏目前要求PC端至少是Windows7或是更高的操作系统，高性能CPU,至少8G的内存以及高端显卡。当然还少不了一个可以和英伟达兼容的VR设备，比如HTC的vive。