founded august 2006 1 headquarters farnborough hampshire united kingdom key people patrick o luanaigh products xi playstation home content facebook games apps website www.ndreams.com ndreams ltd. is a company that develops and publishes video games . 2 it is located in farnborough hampshire in the united kingdom . 3 the company was formed in august 2006 by former sci and eidos creative director patrick o luanaigh . 2 since formation the developer has worked on numerous projects for different video game platforms most notably playstation home the virtual world on sony s playstation 3 console where they grew to become one of the leading publishers . 4 from late 2013 ndreams began working on content for virtual reality vr headsets such as sony s project morpheus oculus rift and samsung gear vr . 5 they are developing vr games for these including gunner and the assembly along with non gaming vr experiences such as perfect beach . 6 ndreams has stated that they are now entirely focused on developing content for virtual reality . 7 contents 1 virtual reality 2 vrfocus.com 3 playstation home 4 other projects 5 funding 6 awards and nominations 7 references 8 external links virtual reality edit since 2013 ndreams has focused on developing content for virtual reality headsets . 8 the first game released by ndreams for virtual reality was the tech demo skydieving which launched in 2013 . 9 this saw players freefalling through the sky until they inevitably crashed to their doom on the ground . patrick o luanaigh stated that ndreams had seen fantastic reaction to skydieving since it was released in 2013 and the demo received many plaudits . 10 in june 2014 at the e3 video game show ndreams announced the assembly which is planned for release on the oculus rift and sony project morpheus headsets . 11 the assembly is an adventure game where you uncover the morally dubious secrets of an unknown scientific organisation from the perspective of two different characters . 12 following the announcement of the samsung gear vr headset in september 2014 ndreams announced two titles that would be released for the headset . 13 gunner is a video game where the player wields a gun turret in outer space shooting down the incoming enemy spacecraft . 14 perfect beach is a relaxation experience where users sit on a tropical beach and take in vistas or listen to the meditation track . 15 a demo for gunner released in january 2015 on the oculus home store for the samsung gear vr headset . 16 full products of both gunner and perfect beach are due to release in early 2015 . 17 in december 2014 ndreams announced a new partnership with vr filmmakers virtual view productions . 18 the partnership would allow them to explore the crossover between vr video games and movies . ndreams has previously stated they also have other products in development for virtual reality headsets . 19 they have also stated they are focused entirely on developing content for vr devices . 19 vrfocus.com edit in early 2014 ndreams launched a consumer website focused on virtual reality called vrfocus . 20 this is run on an independent basis and was founded by editor in chief kevin joyce . 21 in february 2016 vrfocus launched vrtv a fortnightly web show presented by isabella franco and zeena al obaidi . playstation home edit ndreams claimed to be one of the world s leading independent developers and publishers in playstation home the virtual world on sony splaystation 3 console . 22 the company created numerous games virtual spaces and items for the platform between 2009 and 2014 . 23 the first project created by ndreams for playstation home was the world s first console based and virtual world based alternate reality game xi . 2 xi was released on march 23 2009 and lasted a total of 12 weeks taking place within playstation home across the web and in the real world . 2 ndreams next project for home was a personal space called the pirate galleon apartment which also released in 2009 . this was the european home s first personal space to have a mini game with prizes . 24 in 2010 ndreams released another personal space called musicality . 25 in this space users could play a multiplayer music game . 26 in 2011 ndreams released a new game space called aurora where playstation home users can visit and play various mini games receive rewards and hang out with fellow users . 27 aurora has had over 18 million visits from 1.8 million unique players making it ndreams most successful project in playstation home . 28 ndreams also created numerous virtual items for use on a player s avatar as well as many more spaces . 29 playstation home closed 31 march 2015 . 30 at the time the closure was announced ndreams stated they would continue to release additional content ahead of the closure of the platform . 31 on reflection of playstation home s success ceo patrick o luanaigh stated that playstation home was a commercial success for ndreams . 32 other projects edit in early 2008 ndreams completed a short piece of work on a project called istories . it is a pc educational tool that allows users to create linear or interactive stories by piecing together images sound and text . 33 project y is currently in development for mobile phones running android and ios . 34 it features a highly unique funding model and is a lifestyle application . friday town is a groundbreaking new social game created through a partnership between cadbury crunchie and ndreams for facebook . the game invites players into a virtual world called friday town and challenges them to help its inhabitants brighten up their lives with a series of puzzles that will unfold over the coming weeks and months . 35 spirit of adventure is the first ever soap opera on facebook . it combines a compelling tale and strong characters with a variety of puzzles to create a unique narrative driven facebook experience . 36 streetdance 3d a facebook app is the first collaborative project between ndreams and vertigo films and is an action packed dance game inspired by the movie . the game features motion captured dance moves recorded at pinewood studios and music from the film . 37 lewis hamilton secret life is ndreams s second alternate reality game . it was not based in playstation home like xi was . the arg was created for reebok who also co developed the game . wired called it one of the most engaging interactive and exciting games of 2010 . 38 the game launched in march 2010 and ran until november 2010 with over 637 000 players from 154 countries taking part . they worked together to solve puzzles and complete tests online on mobiles and in the real world . live events took place across the globe including tasks in spain lebanon malaysia india and the uk . the game was run in nine languages english french italian german spanish japanese mandarin chinese turkish and korean which guinness acknowledged as a world record for a game of this type in 2013 . 39 funding edit in january 2015 ndreams announced a 2.75 million investment from mercia technologies . 40 this investment is planned to allow the studio to expand and invest in research and development of virtual reality games . 41 one of mercia s leaders former sega ceo mike hayes joined the ndreams board of directors in 2014 . 42 awards and nominations edit 2008 develop hot companies to look out for 2009 edge magazine xi project for playstation home 43 2009 develop award best new studio nominee . 44 2010 develop award business development nominee . 45 2010 kemp little innovation award outstanding business innovation nominee 2011 developaward business development nominee 46 2011 smarta 100 awards winner 47 2012 inspire online excellence award winner 48 2014 santander breakthrough 50 winner 49 2014 tiga awards independent studio nominee 50 references edit jenkins david 2009 08 25 . eidos exec forms new ndreams studio . gamasutra . a b c d about us via ndreams . contact via ndreams . playstation home . archived from the original on november 17 2013 via ndreams . ndreams invites oculus rift and project morpheus to attend the academy . ndreams announces gunner and perfect beach for gear vr vrfocus . working with virtual worlds ndreams dev diary 1 vrfocus . designing for vr dos and don ts from ndreams . 11 july 2014 . gera emily 13 august 2013 . now you can virtually skydive using ndreams experimental oculus rift demo . ndreams to release new version of skydieving vrfocus . the assembly makes waves at e3 . archived from the original on august 21 2014 via ndreams . ndreams announces the assembly for project morpheus & oculus rift vrfocus . mikael von stroot september 3 2014 . vr developer ndreams announce two titles for samsung gear vr . archived from the original on september 4 2014 via ndreams . gunner . archived from the original on january 13 2015 via ndreams . perfect beach . archived from the original on september 6 2014 via ndreams . ndreams launches gunner demo for gear vr vrfocus . ndreams announces gunner and perfect beach for samsung gear vr . ndreams and virtual view productions to explore vr videogames and movie crossovers vrfocus . a b ndreams working on six vr projects . gamasutra the art & business of making games . contact us vrfocus . nouch james 8 november 2013 . the story of playstation home . vr titles via ndreams . marie kassadee . go ndreams on a budget . homestation magazine . archived from the original on september 16 2012 . musicality apartment . alphazone4 . archived from the original on 2015 04 01 . playstation home update jam in the musicality clubhouse . ndreams launches the aurora space in playstation home gamesbrief . 23 march 2011 . playstation home memories . http alphazone4.com store search eyjxdwvyesi6im5ecmvhbxmilcjnzw5kzxiioiiilcjyzwdpb25zijoiin0 dead link tassi paul . sony finally shutting down playstation home on ps3 . https www.facebook.com ndreamers posts 10152735474549907 dead link martin michael 30 september 2014 . playstation home was a commercial success . istories on sale . ndreams . project y . ndreams . crunchie friday town . facebook s first interactive soap opera launches . ndreams and vertigo films announce streetdance 3d facebook game . f1 racer plays international art thief in arg . image of the guinness world record certificate . ndreams completes 2.75 million investment . archived from the original on 2015 05 11 via ndreams . portfolio mercia technologies . mike hayes joins virtual reality firm ndreams . edge magazine gamesradar . rockstar leads develop awards nominations . develop awards the 2010 winners list . independent developers dominate develop awards . smarta 100 awards 2011 winners announced smarta business builder . ndreams wins online excellence award . x libris.eu . archived from the original on december 7 2013 . ndreams ltd . archived from the original on august 13 2014 . tiga games industry awards 2012 winners . archived from the original on march 19 2013 . external links edit official 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