{"id":18542,"date":"2020-05-09T01:50:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T01:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/crvs-saar-gur-wants-to-invest-in-a-new-wave-of-games-built-for-vr-twitch-and-zoom.html"},"modified":"2020-05-09T01:50:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T01:50:48","slug":"crvs-saar-gur-wants-to-invest-in-a-new-wave-of-games-built-for-vr-twitch-and-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/crvs-saar-gur-wants-to-invest-in-a-new-wave-of-games-built-for-vr-twitch-and-zoom.html","title":{"rendered":"CRV\u2019s Saar Gur wants to invest in a new wave of games built for VR, Twitch and Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saar Gur is adept<\/span> at identifying the next big consumer trends earlier than most: The San Francisco-based general partner at CRV has led investments into leading consumer internet companies like Niantic, DoorDash, Bird, Dropbox, Patreon, Kapwing and ClassPass.<\/p>\n

His own experience stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic spurred his interest in three new investment themes focused on the next generation of games: those built for VR, those built on top of Twitch <\/a> and those built for video chat environments as a socializing tool.<\/p>\n

TechCrunch: We\u2019ve been in a \u201cVR winter,\u201d as it\u2019s been called in the industry, following the 2014-2017 wave of VC funding into VR drying up as the market failed to gain massive consumer adoption. You think VR could soon be hot again. Why?<\/b><\/p>\n

Saar Gur:<\/a><\/b> If you track revenues of third-party games on Oculus, the numbers are getting interesting. And we think the Quest is not quite the Xbox moment for Facebook, but the device and market response to the Quest have been great. So we are more engaged in looking at VR gaming startups than ever before.<\/p>\n

What do you mean by \u201cthe Xbox moment,\u201d and what will that look like for VR? Facebook hasn\u2019t been able to keep up with demand for Oculus Quest headsets, and most VR headsets seem to have sold out during this pandemic as people seek entertainment at home. This seems like progress. When will we cross the threshold?\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n

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