Silver.tv revealed as the VR Twitch of Esports

“Twitch of VR” is how Silver.tv likes to call itself. A new project that aims to deliver VR streams right to your smartphone or VR device so you can be at the center of the action and move the camera the way you want it.

The Cupertino-based company announced that it has raised $6.2 million in Seed funding. Participants in the round including DCM Ventures, Sierra Ventures, The Venture Reality Fund (VR Fund) and Japanese mobile gaming companies GREE and Colopl. Silver.tv works by implementing a network of “virtual cameras.” The platform takes advantage of the full breadth of views available on these streaming network’s spectator mode and records the entire 360-degree spherical environment.

The service hosts content from the three most-popular eSports titles out there today, including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and Dota 2. According to Sliver.tv, the combined audience of these three eSports titles on existing networks are composed of about 140 million viewers. It’s currently in early beta and only available for Android and iOS smartphones, with support for VR devices coming later on. You can only watch recorded videos at the moment but as the website improves it’ll be streaming live matches in the near future.