According to the firm, the RelayCars virtual reality app has been downloaded more than one million times since launch. It provides an immersive automotive VR experience that lets users explore every make and model available since 2015 in six different virtual showrooms.
by Staff
July 18, 2017
2 min to read
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif. – EVOX Images, a provider of automotive stock photography, 360-degree automotive imaging, and global build-to-order automotive content solutions, today announced that its free VR app RelayCars has reached more than one million downloads.
RelayCars features the most expansive and high-quality VR automotive library on the market and is one of the most popular automotive VR apps on the Oculus Samsung Gear VR store and Google Play store for Android, according to company officials.
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“Reaching this milestone is a celebratory event for us and also shows that VR is becoming an important component for the future of car shopping,” said David Falstrup, CEO of EVOX Images. “Consumer needs are driving technological advancements in every aspect of our lives. We’re showing consumers a new way to research vehicles without ever leaving the comfort of their couch.”
The VR app provides a truly immersive, automotive VR experience that lets users explore every make and model available since 2015 — from trucks, cars, and SUVs to exotics and muscle cars — in six different virtual showrooms.
EVOX utilizes its industry-leading 360-degree imaging — which it supplies to more than 20,000 dealer websites and the top automotive websites — to power its new virtual reality technology.
Within the past year, the EVOX VR team has extended technology offerings with the introduction of showrooms, virtual cinema, vehicle configurator capability, VR product clinics, and more.
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