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What We Can Learn from the First VR Device

Bob Cooney February 17, 2020 No Comments

The most popular stereoscope product and the first Virtual Reality viewer was the wildly popular ViewMaster 3D. It came with little round paper discs with stereographic images embedded. Clicking a…

Virtual Reality is Like Déjà Vu All Over Again

Bob Cooney February 10, 2020 No Comments

All new technologies are built on something that already exists, and VR is no different. The early seeds of virtual reality harken back to the early 1800s. Sir Charles Wheatstone…

Use Scarcity to Drive Demand

Bob Cooney February 3, 2020 No Comments

People want new and different each time they venture out for entertainment. If you are promoting your VR Arcade, and they’ve already been there, you’re offering them the same thing…

Will Lower Prices Increase Repeat Visits?

Bob Cooney January 27, 2020 No Comments

I hear operators and solution providers talk about “replay value” and “repeat visitation” all the time. It seems to be the goal of many people in the location-based VR business…

2019’s Top Location-Based VR Trends and Stories – Part 2

Bob Cooney January 6, 2020 No Comments

Last week I began my review of the top 20 Location-based VR trends and stories for 2019. This week I round out the list. 11. Sandbox VR – One of…

2019 Year in Review – Part 1

Bob Cooney December 30, 2019 No Comments

2019 saw much improvement in the location-based virtual reality landscape. Looking back, we can see some of the trends that will help up predict what’s coming in 2020 and beyond.…

Creating Your Own Reality – A Study in Being Homeless

Bob Cooney December 16, 2019 No Comments

You know those innocuous questions you get when you meet someone for the first time, like “What do you do for a living?” When I meet someone who doesn’t know…

4 New VR Bobble Award Winners at IAAPA Orlando

Bob Cooney December 9, 2019 No Comments

IAAPA 2019 might go down as the year VR grew up. Last year, operators experienced overwhelm with the selection and varied quality of VR products on the show floor. Most…

What Does the Facebook Acquisition of Beat Saber Mean?

Bob Cooney December 2, 2019 No Comments

Bob, Forbes columnist Charlie Fink and HP’s head of VR Joanna Popper at IAAPA At the IAAPA show in Orlando last month, one of the breakout hits of the show…

Could VRsenal’s Beat Saber be the most profitable VR attraction yet?

Bob Cooney November 4, 2019 No Comments

Attended VR, the 4-minute mile, and the 2-hour marathon One of the biggest challenges operators have with virtual reality is the staffing requirement. Most VR systems require at least one…

Zombie Go-Go Girls

Bob Cooney October 28, 2019 No Comments

Greetings from Russia. I had a fantastic experience this week that highlights the possibility of VR storytelling. I was playing a new zombie game from Anvio VR in Moscow. You…

Matrix

Bob Cooney October 21, 2019 No Comments

At Oculus Connect 6 this month, Facebook announced that they are building The Matrix. Now they didn’t call it The Matrix, because that would be shitty marketing. They are calling…

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What We Can Learn from the First VR Device

Virtual Reality is Like Déjà Vu All Over Again

Use Scarcity to Drive Demand

Will Lower Prices Increase Repeat Visits?

2019’s Top Location-Based VR Trends and Stories – Part 2

2019 Year in Review – Part 1

Creating Your Own Reality – A Study in Being Homeless

4 New VR Bobble Award Winners at IAAPA Orlando

What Does the Facebook Acquisition of Beat Saber Mean?

Could VRsenal’s Beat Saber be the most profitable VR attraction yet?

Zombie Go-Go Girls

Matrix

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