{"id":35,"date":"2016-08-24T01:11:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T01:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/?p=35"},"modified":"2016-08-26T10:09:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T10:09:43","slug":"holoseat-is-heading-back-to-syndcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/holoseat-is-heading-back-to-syndcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Holoseat is Heading Back to SyndCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2016 marks my third year attending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SyndCon<\/a>, a private gaming convention for members of the oldest online gaming guild &#8211; The Syndicate. Bryan Christian, Holoseat co-developer and Model B co-founder, was the person who invited me to join the Syndicate. Once I joined, Bryan urged me to\u00a0attend my first SyndCon in 2014. \u00a0I am so glad he did.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Holoseatv0.2PitchSlide.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-37 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Holoseatv0.2PitchSlide-300x169.png\" alt=\"Holoseat | Model B\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Holoseatv0.2PitchSlide-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Holoseatv0.2PitchSlide-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Holoseatv0.2PitchSlide-580x326.png 580w, https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Holoseatv0.2PitchSlide.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slide from our 2014 Presentation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bryan didn\u2019t just invite me to come to SyndCon that year, he also insisted we bring Holoseat with us and get feedback from the attendees about it. After all, where better to take a new kind of gaming peripheral than a conference full of people who spend a good deal of time playing online games? Bryan ensured\u00a0there was space for us to give live demos and that we were on the program schedule so we could share our project&#8217;s story with all of the attendees.<\/p>\n<p>We walked away with some truly valuable feedback:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the responsiveness needed to be improved<\/li>\n<li>we needed to add an option to buy Holoseat with a set of pedals included (most testers did not have an appropriate set at home)<\/li>\n<li>people were surprised by how the physical interaction through Holoseat made the games more immersive<\/li>\n<li>people were very interested in buying their own Holoseat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The plan after Holoseat&#8217;s first year at SyndCon was to update it and bring it back in 2015. Unfortunately, life had other plans and the project sat without substantial updates for the next year. Bryan and I still attended SyndCon in 2015, just without Holoseat\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Big mistake. Everywhere we went at SyndCon we got asked, \u201cWhere is Holoseat?\u201d or \u201cWhen can I buy Holoseat?\u201d or \u201cWhat happened to Holoseat?\u201d, leading to the lesson of SyndCon 2015: <em>Always bring Holoseat to SyndCon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So, here we are in 2016 and we are on our way to SyndCon once more (this time with Holoseat). We have updated almost everything about Holoseat to address the feedback from our fellow Syndicate members, including the move from a hobby project to a business venture. Bryan has once again made arrangements for demos and presentations so we can get more great feedback from real players. I can\u2019t wait to see what we learn this year.<\/p>\n<p>LLTS!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modelb.biz\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to receive our newsletter<\/a> &#8212; you&#8217;ll get updates on Holoseat straight to your inbox!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 marks my third year attending SyndCon, a private gaming convention for members of the oldest online gaming guild &#8211; The Syndicate. 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