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Transformation: JUMP into the Future of the Experience Economy

Bob Cooney January 24, 2021 No Comments

In 1998 Joe Pine and James Gilmore wrote a now-famous article in the Harvard Business Journal and predicted The Experience Economy. During my lifetime, I’ve watched consumer preferences shift from…

Esports: Don’t Miss Out On the Next Big FEC Trend

Bob Cooney January 14, 2021 No Comments

In February 2016 I started covering virtual reality's third wave featuring The VOID, VRcade (now VRstudios), and Zero Latency. A year later I wrote that the third wave was shaping…

Hope for Suppliers Amidst Amusement Expo 2021 Continued Rescheduling

Bob Cooney December 14, 2020 No Comments

Amusement Expo, the largest arcade-focused trade show in the US, has postponed for a second time due to COVID-19. Normally held in March, the show was moved to early May,…

Let’s Get Social

Bob Cooney November 11, 2020 No Comments

I miss your smiling face. By the time the week of IAAPA gets here it will have been 8 months of no travel for me. Six of those months have…

Did Covid-19 Kill Location-Based Virtual Reality?

Bob Cooney November 5, 2020 No Comments

When I talk to manufacturers, distributors, and operators, there’s a clear sense they’re afraid of opening up their location-based VR attractions due to risk of consumer blowback. It feels like…

Star Wars VR: The Arcade Strikes Back

Bob Cooney November 2, 2020 No Comments

A new Star Wars VR Arcade game just hit the market, which has been searching for the ideal use of virtual reality in a compact, unattended package. ILMxLAB, VRsenal, and…

Unis Ultra Moto VR and the Reimagined Arcade

Bob Cooney October 20, 2020 No Comments

Constraint drives innovation. A recent Harvard Business Review story covers 145 empirical studies that show individuals, teams, and organizations all benefit from constraints. The current pandemic has constrained more aspects…

World’s First Star Wars VR Arcade Game is Coming

Bob Cooney September 19, 2020 No Comments

There’s a disturbance in the force. The menace of the coronavirus wasn’t a phantom, but a threat to the very existence of our galaxy. Under this perilous existence, an unlikely…

I Miss Our Trade Shows – So I’m Doing Something About It

Bob Cooney September 4, 2020 No Comments

If you’re like me, you’ve been to a few virtual events this year. I guess that most were just ok—lots of webinars, too many PowerPoints, and hardly any real meetings.…

All About the Feels – Give Them An Experience They’ll Talk About

Bob Cooney July 29, 2020 No Comments

Too often, when designing experiences, we focus on what people will be doing. In-game design, lots of effort goes into balancing and core loop design. UX designers want to make…

Why Asking Why is the Key to Innovative Experience Design

Bob Cooney July 28, 2020 No Comments

In my last blog post on how to design entertainment experiences, I wrote about the importance of a holistic approach to experience design where you consider all of your stakeholders.…

5 Critical Components of Successful Experience Design

Bob Cooney July 27, 2020 No Comments

In a time when everything is changing, we all need to innovate the design of experiences we offer our customers. What we did last year is unlikely to work today.…

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Transformation: JUMP into the Future of the Experience Economy

Esports: Don’t Miss Out On the Next Big FEC Trend

Hope for Suppliers Amidst Amusement Expo 2021 Continued Rescheduling

Let’s Get Social

Did Covid-19 Kill Location-Based Virtual Reality?

Star Wars VR: The Arcade Strikes Back

Unis Ultra Moto VR and the Reimagined Arcade

World’s First Star Wars VR Arcade Game is Coming

I Miss Our Trade Shows – So I’m Doing Something About It

All About the Feels – Give Them An Experience They’ll Talk About

Why Asking Why is the Key to Innovative Experience Design

5 Critical Components of Successful Experience Design

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