Demystifying the Metaverse
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Apple Vision Pro Makes the Metaverse Inevitable
Join Bob as he addresses Metaverse skepticism, illustrating it as an unstoppable force in shaping our future. He explores human resistance to new realities and emphasizes the Metaverse as an extension of human experience. Highlighting Apple's Vision Pro, Cooney predicts a transformative impact on our digital interactions. The talk concludes with a vision of the Metaverse as a space that enriches life with limitless possibilities, urging the audience to embrace this new frontier with excitement and curiosity.
Being Virtual Show Deep Dives are Back!
Join me each week as I dive deep with one of the leading voices in virtual reality. First up is Lisa Messeri, an anthropologist of science and technology and author of the hot new book In the Land of the Unreal.
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The VR Bobble Awards recognise people and companies that contribute to the development and inspire others in to drive innovation in LBVR.
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REAL MONEY FROM
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Bob Cooney crams his 30 years of entrepreneurial experience into a handy, and thoroughly enjoyable guidebook to launching a VR product. A must read for anyone looking to enter this growing but increasingly crowded marketplace.
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Bob Cooney
An 8X entrepreneur with thirty-five years of experience launching emerging technology companies, Bob Cooney is widely referred to as the world's foremost expert on location-based virtual reality.
An Inc. 500 CEO with a successful NASDAQ IPO, Bob is the go-to-market strategist behind many of the world's most successful immersive entertainment products. Cooney mentors founders and executive teams of some of the top VR companies and helps operators choose the best VR products for their locations.
What VR Should You Buy? – The Attraction
There are four areas of consideration when looking at a VR attraction for your business. Last week, I wrote about how your experience, mindsets, and vision can help inform your selection of the perfect VR attraction. That post was about you, the operator. In the coming weeks, I will be writing about your customers and…
The Operator
Last week, I wrote about the four categories of operators I see in the location-based entertainment industry. The Spectator is sitting on the beach, watching other operators ride the third wave of VR, paralyzed by fear, uncertainty, and doubt. The Follower is surfing the most crowded beaches; buying what everyone else is buying, figuring that…
How To Select The Perfect Virtual Reality Attraction For Your Operation
One of the most frequent questions I get from operators is, “What VR attraction should I buy?” When I started writing about virtual reality in 2015, my skepticism was rooted in the last two VR waves I rode. In 1992 I helped launch Virtuality, building VR and laser tag arenas in malls across the US in…
The Future of Virtual Reality is Here NOW
VR Update With Bob Cooney RePlay contributor and virtual reality aficionado Bob Cooney hosted a webinar on Jan. 31 for nearly 100 people, breaking down the “third wave” of virtual reality and emphasizing that “this time, things are different.” According to Cooney, virtual reality (and a little further down the road, augmented reality) is going to…
The Virtual Reality Groundswell
https://www.replaymag.com/bob-cooney-on-vr-part-4-july-2018/ Part Four: Stormy Seas Calming Into Clear Opportunities for Operators The creation of waves requires wind to blow over the open ocean for long periods of time. The sea state inside a large storm is chaotic, with huge waves breaking in every direction. You’ve seen the dramatization in movies like The Perfect Storm, where…
Innovating for Millennials
What You Need to Know to Get Them In Your Locations Bob Cooney on Millennials – March 2018 Millennials. If you ask anyone from previous generations about them, you’ll likely get a range of reactions from frustration to confusion to dismissal, often with eye-rolls thrown in for effect. However, the reality is that those born…
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