Posts Tagged ‘VR Arcade’
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Join us in Dallas on August 6th to explore the future of location-based entertainment with the Downloadable FEC. Secure your ticket today!
Read MoreJoin the Free Roam Revolution at the VR Arcade Game Summit!
The VR Arcade Game Summit is coming up next week in Las Vegas. It’s part of the Amusement Expo education program, which at $120 is the bargain of the century. If you’re coming to Las Vegas next week for the VR Summit, make sure you stay for Amusement Expo, where we will have the first ever Free…
Read MoreBoxblaster and Elaut Changing the Game for Kids VR
VR simulators are great moneymakers for amusement operators. LAI Games set the bar high with Virtual Rabbids. It took a couple of years for operators to really buy into the value proposition of an unattended VR ride, but Rabbids quickly became a standard fixture in FECs. Then Raw Thrills entered the market with King Kong…
Read MoreDeep Dive with Brent Bushnell from Two Bit Circus (59:59)
Take a peek inside the mind of a true creative genius. Brent Bushnell is the co-founder of Two Bit Circus, an award winning and category busting entertainment business that combines virtual reality, live and virtual events, food and drink, and games into an immersive entertainment venue like no other. His latest creation will be Revelers’…
Read MoreDeep Dive with George Smith who operates 23 different VR Arcade games (37:11)
George Smith has been operating arcade games for more than 40-years. He runs the largest variety of VR attractions of anyone I know. And he does it at high-profile locations like Great Wolf Lodge, Great Wolf Lodge, and Kalahari Resorts. Join me in a deep dive conversation where we discuss: – bundling and pricing strategy…
Read MoreWhat’s Better Than Beat Saber Arcade Cabinet?
VRsenal, inventor of the original Beat Saber Arcade Cabinet, continues to innovate in the VR music rhythm genre. When Facebook acquired Beat Games, the studio behind Beat Saber, they pulled all the arcade licenses. VRsenal then partnered with Blackwall Games to bring the arcade hit Rhythmatic to family entertainment centers. Housed in a new arcade…
Read MoreWhat’s The Best Combination of Games for VRsenal’s V2?
VRsenal showed a 2-station unattended VR arcade platform (the V2) at IAAPA Orlando last month. It was one of the hits of the show. Now I’m getting constant questions from operators asking, “Which VRsenal V2 games make the most sense for my location?” There are four options to consider: 1. Star Wars Dual Station Due…
Read MoreHow to Make More Money from VR Arcade Games
Virtual reality games are the latest trend in family entertainment centers and arcades. The location-based VR market is extremely complex. Most operators are taking an overly simplistic view of it. This worked in 2016 when segmenting the VR attractions market was fairly simple. There was free roam VR, like Zero Latency and The VOID, and…
Read MoreThe Truth About Star Wars Lightsaber VR Game Earnings
One of the only companies brave enough to launch a product into the teeth of the pandemic was VRsenal. In October, the company announced that the VR lightsaber game would be available globally after delivering to Dave and Busters for their chain-wide deployment. Since then, operators have installed close to 200 units. It’s been challenging to…
Read MoreUnis Ultra Moto VR and the Reimagined Arcade
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 of our businesses and lives than we can count. But it’s also leading to an unprecedented spike in innovation across manufacturers, suppliers, and operators. One…
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