Former Red 5 CEO raises $1 million in seed funding for VR virtual world
By Matthew Handrahan
Online game veteran Mark Kern has founded MEK Entertainment, a new studio already working on an experience for virtual reality headsets.
MEK Entertainment’s first project still doesn’t have a name, but it has been described as a “gaming universe” specifically designed for the Oculus Rift. With a visual style inspired by the SNES era, a procedurally generated landscape, and a focus on the creative contributions of its players, this sounds like an interesting and highly ambitious debut, and MEK already has $1 million in seed funding to make it happen.
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