Arkadia Studios today announced a partnership with GUNNAR Optiks to create Virtual Gaming Eyewear.

Arkadia Studios and GUNNAR Optiks have joined forces to bring a real world piece of gaming equipment to life in the virtual world. A 3D version of GUNNAR's Vayper Onyx will be available to colonists on Planet Arkadia from today, after the release of Planet Arkadia Update 2013.1.1. Additionally, colonists will be able to purchase a certificate for the real life version directly from the Arkoin Broker.

GUNNARs are high tech computer eyewear, designed to protect, enhance and optimise your vision. They use a number of specific technologies to reduce the stress on your eyes, including FRACTYL lens geometry, DIAMIX lens material, IONIK lens tints and iFi lens coatings.

The full press release can be read here.

Part of the recently announced Arkadia Sunrise era is about promoting Planet Arkadia globally. The GUNNAR promotion represents an opportunity to do so. As such, we have created www.planetkarkadia.com/gunnar which we encourage colonists to take a look at.


How to get virtual GUNNARs

Random hunting loots across the planet will drop a limited number of virtual GUNNARs glasses over approximately the next three months, in both Male and Female versions.

How to get real life GUNNARs

A limited number of certificates will be available to purchase from the Arkoin Broker with today's patch (Planet Arkadia Update 2013.1.1). Each certificate needs to be validated with Cyrus | Arkadia either here at Planet Arkadia Forum or in-game, contacting the avatar "Cyrus Arkadia Community Manager".

The specific real life item is the onyx coloured model detailed here.


Happy hunting!




Additional Information from GUNNAR Optiks

• Increases CONTRAST for greater visual accuracy and efficiency
• Enhances DETAIL for sharper, clearer vision
• Helps REDUCE GLARE and improves focus
• Improves visual ENDURANCE for extended gaming sessions
• DECREASES eye FATIGUE and dry eyes

The Reality:
You spend most of your waking hours glued to your computer screen, smart phone, tablet, or TV monitor. As the hours go by, you subject your eyes to the harsh, high intensity blue light and glare from your screen. This constant viewing of digital screens can create visual stress, eye fatigue, dry eyes, irritation, and even headaches — leading to an obvious conclusion.

Staring at a computer for long hours takes its toll on your eyes.
Add the standard 2-4+ hours a day gaming and your reality is complete and total visual burnout.

The Solution:
GUNNAR Optiks Advanced Gaming Eyewear is a technical eyewear solution that helps protect, enhance, and optimize your vision.
Whether you are gaming for long hours or working on the computer, GUNNAR eyewear helps minimize eye fatigue and visual stress while improving contrast, comfort, and focus.
GUNNAR Advanced Gaming Eyewear also creates a more comfortable and rich visual experience for the avid gamer, improving visual efficiency, endurance, and recovery.

GUNNARS Are Prescription Compatible:
Our prescription lens program is supported and administered by Carl Zeiss Vision, the worldwide leader in precision optics for the last 160 years.

rkadia Studios partners with GUNNAR Optiks to create virtual gaming eyewear

Arkadia Studios and GUNNAR Optiks have partnered to bring a real world piece of gaming equipment to life in the virtual world of Planet Arkadia. A 3D version of GUNNAR’s Vayper Onyx will be available to colonists on Planet Arkadia from March 2013.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



PRLog (Press Release) - Mar. 20, 2013 - ‘Lucky Arkadians will loot the gaming glasses from GUNNAR while hunting,’ says Arkadia Studios Community Manager, Cyrus Chen. ‘This is seriously classy eyewear, and I know plenty of players who are going to be excited to see their avatars wearing them. Additionally, players can purchase the real life version directly in the game, so they can look as cool as their avatars!’

Arkadia and GUNNAR have made a limited number of virtual and real life Vayper Onyx sets available to participants with Planet Arkadia’s latest update, Arkadian Sunrise.
‘Arkadian Sunrise is the update we and our players have been waiting for,’ says Arkadia Studios CEO David Dobson. ‘There is an enormous amount of content being added which will create a lot of opportunities for players, even those who are new to the game. Our partnership with GUNNAR Optiks comes at the perfect time, and the chance to win these glasses is another great reason to get in and see what this virtual life is all about.’

GUNNARs are high tech computer eyewear, designed to protect, enhance and optimise your vision. According to Nathaniel Pope, Gunnar’s International Sales & Marketing Manager, ‘The glasses utilise a number of specific technologies to reduce the stress on your eyes that comes with the hours we now spend staring at computer screens each day.’ These technologies include FRACTYL lens geometry, DIAMIX lens material, IONIK lens tints and iFi lens coatings. ‘The human eye is not set up to look at a screen all day, which is where GUNNARs come to the rescue. We’re very pleased to be able to offer some sets to the colonists of Planet Arkadia,’ says Nathaniel, ‘and we know it will make their gaming experience much more comfortable.’

Anyone interested in trying to win a set of these glasses simply needs to visit www.planetarkadia.com/gunnar, download Planet Arkadia for free, create their avatar and get active in the game!

Further information about GUNNAR can be found at www.gunnars.com where you can shop directly for the eyewear that suits your needs.

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About Planet Arkadia Pte Ltd
Planet Arkadia Pte Ltd is based in Singapore and was founded in 2010 to bring the virtual world of Planet Arkadia to life. Planet Arkadia was launched ten months later and has quickly become one of the most popular planets in Entropia Universe.

For more information on Planet Arkadia please contact us at the email below or go to the website at http://www.planetarkadia.com.

About Entropia Universe AB
Entropia Universe is the largest Real Cash Economy Massively Multiplayer Online Game in the world. Entropia Universe offers players the ability to participate in a virtual world where they have no monthly costs. Its innovative real money economy uses a virtual currency which has a fixed exchange rate with the US dollar. This allows players to deposit and withdraw real funds for their adventures on any virtual planet or in the real world. Entropia Universe uses a state of the art graphics engine to deliver the highest quality visuals in an MMO today.
For more information on Entropia Universe please contact us at the email below or go to the website at http://www.entropiauniverse.com.

About MindArk
Based in Gothenburg Sweden, MindArk is one of the city’s largest video game publishers contributing to the thriving development community. As the publisher of Entropia Universe, a game space that encompasses multiple planet partners, each with their own unique setting and gameplay style, MindArk focuses on the development and maintenance of the platform. This allows other companies to create unique content for their planets in the game universe and provides an environment in which a real cash economy can flourish.

For more information on MindArk please contact us at the email below or go to the website at http://www.mindark.com.

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