ButterLabo displays games at ICBC (Asia) e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong 2018 that will take you back in time!

Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, ICBC (Asia) e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong (EMFHK) 2018 is one of the largest e-sports events in the city. This year the festival takes place from August 24 to 26 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. 
 
As a Cyberport company specialising in virtual reality (VR), ButterLabo is more than happy to join the festival, supplying VR experience to the public in the Cyberport zone. This time we showcase an immersive STEM game called Butter Sung that will take players back to the Sung dynasty! The game was an inspiration of a Sung poem, Melody of Green Jadeite Bowl (On the first night of a new year), which depicts scenes and street activities on a Lantern Festival night in the Sung dynasty. The game brings players back to the Sung dynasty in the poem’s setting to experience the Sung lifestyle. So students can learn the poem in a more interactive way. 
In the game, players can interact with different stalls on the street, guessing lantern riddles, lighting fireworks, playing pitch-pot games, etc. From the stall activities players can collect clues to find the lover to win. Our exhibition in the e-sports festival showcases the pitch-pot game, a popular drinking game in the ancient China, where players are required to throw arrows from a distance into a Chinese wine pot. 
 
Interactive and diverse, the game will spice up students’ learning experience. Learning aside, the game is a fun cyberphysical experience for all. Do come and join us in Hall 3C at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre! 

ButterLabo’s VR games on display in Sports and Leisure Expo 2018

The Sports and Leisure Expo takes place this year from July 18 to 24 in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where more than 160 sports and leisure brands are exhibiting their fun and creative products. 
 
ButterLabo is glad to be part of the smart play exhibition alongside other virtual reality (VR) games, drones, 3D printing products etc, supplying one of the exhibitors, Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), with VR archery games. The game simulates archery settings, where users can enjoy cyber-physical and immersive game experience with the VR technology.
Other than smart play, the expo also showcases other interesting products in the themes of board games, fun and play, photography world, outdoor adventure, sports hub, health and fitness, and handicraft market. Do come and join us in the expo and enjoy some innovative games and applications!

Secondary school students sampled fascinating VR and AR in an interactive workshop

This week ButterLabo held a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) workshop for a group of 23 form 2 to form 4 secondary school students in Cyberport. In the workshop students from Cotton Spinners Association Secondary School were introduced to some of the newest VR and AR applications and games in the market and offered a site visit to the co-working space at Cyberport.
 
The students were excited to experience games and videos with equipment in the current market, including HTC Vive, Microsoft Hololens and Oculus Go. The workshop actively engaged the students in exploring the virtual gaming world, and provided them with an understanding of VR and AR. The students were deeply intrigued by the applications throughout. Hopefully there are more events like this to come!