Deep Dive Webinars
Ep 10: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Jan Goetgeluk
This week Bob hosts Jan Goetgeluk, founder and CEO of Virtuix Omni, maker of the Omni VR treadmill and new Omniverse VR ARENA esports attraction. The first VR ARENA just launched and earned more than $10,000 in the first 10 days. Jan has more experience than anyone running VR esports tournaments and he’s going to…
Read MoreEp 9: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Amusement Expo Preview
In this deep dive webinar, Bob actually skimmed the surface of what’s coming up at the VR Summit at Amusement Expo International in Las Vegas, March 26-28 2019. Joining Bob live was Jan Goetgeluk from Virtuix, talking about the initial week’s results from their first installation of the new VR Arena, Phil Martin from Zero…
Read MoreEp 8: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Tim Ruse from Zero Latency
In this week’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive, Bob Cooney will be talking to Tim Ruse, co-founder and CEO of Zero Latency who pioneered large scale free-roam VR. They’re about to launch an entirely new hardware platform, and have just released a new competitive team-based VR game that gives a glimpse of what the future of…
Read MoreEp 7: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Armando Lanuti from Creative Works
In this Deep Dive episode, Bob talks to Armando about what it takes to find a great distributor for immersive entertainment attractions in the amusement market. From their success launching Hologate at IAAPA in 2017 to their newest products Voxel and Game Up esports consoles, where are the gaps that he sees in most products…
Read MoreEp 6: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Hologate with Leif Arne Petersen
In this deep dive, Bob Cooney talks to the founder of Hologate on his humble beginnings, the keys to their success to date, and their content strategy. New games coming in the form of a true multiplayer Angry Birds, a new escape room game from the Netflix reboot of Das Boot, and more. Don’t forget…
Read MoreEp 5: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Mixcast Moments with Tarrnie Williams
In this deep dive on mixed reality (the visual kind, not the Microsoft Misnamed Mixed Reality inside/out tracking kind) we talk about the blockbuster investment in Sandbox VR by Andreesen Horowitz, its implications on the location-based VR business, and why their mixed-reality feature is a key to their success. We also go into the new…
Read MoreEP 4: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive: Minority Media
Don’t forget subscribe above and also to sign up for the live webinar series and be part of the live audience and get your questions answered directly HERE. In this episode Bob goes deep into game design for replayability with Michael Zaidan and Sylvain Croteau from Minority Media, an indie game studio from Montreal with…
Read MoreEP 3: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – The Holodeck
On this webinar, Bob Cooney talks to Johnny and Barbara from Holodeck VR. They reviewed how RF-based Hybrid tracking has the potential to improve the inside out tracking now being hyped on new headsets like Oculus Quest, Vive Focus and Windows MR. Bob also talked to Barbara about their unique approach to content . Where…
Read MoreEP 2: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Charlie Fink from Forbes
In this episode, Bob and Charlie discuss everything VR and AR live from CES 2019. We demo the augmented reality animations from his book. Charlie Fink’s Metaverse, and then talk about: The Void Experience and Business Model Why your retail lease is your biggest challenge Why theaters might be the worst place for LBVR, and…
Read MoreEP 1: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive – Special Guest Kevin Williams
In this first episode of VR Deep Dive, Bob interviews leading immersive media consultant and former Disney Imagineer Kevin Williams about what to expect in virtual reality in 2019. They cover topics including emerging technology standards around free-roam and 4-player systems, e-sports, and tracking technologies. The power of VR is in its ability to deeply…
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