In the first of a two-part report observing the current immersive Out-of-Home entertainment scene for VRFocus, Kevin Williams‘ latest Virtual Arena looks at the re-emergence of LBE though the popular free-roaming entertainment trend. Evaluating...
There was a time when virtual reality (VR) developers turned to location-based entertainment (LBE) to help improve their revenue streams when they struggled to find success in the consumer market. 2020 changed all that...
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is a good example of interactive storytelling in virtual reality (VR), supporting home headsets like Oculus Quest and PlayStation VR. ILMxLAB then spun off it’s Lightsaber Dojo...
At the beginning of the month, VRstudios launched basketball title Hoops Madness the first under its new VRstudios Sports brand. This new venture will allow players to take their profile to a location-based entertainment...
Here in the UK, continued restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have ensured that location-based entertainment (LBE) venues trying to get back on their feet are still going to struggle. But where available developers...
As today has proven, Ubisoft continues to be one of the few AAA developers interested in virtual reality (VR) content creation. If it’s not creating new IP’s like AGOS: A Game of Space then...
In the last couple of months, there’s been a concentrated effort to restart the virtual reality (VR) side of the location-based entertainment (LBE) industry. The latest comes from HTC Vive and ARVI VR, who...
Observing the immersive Out-of-Home entertainment scene for VRFocus, in his latest Virtual Arena column, industry specialist Kevin Williams turns his gaze back to the influences that have shaped the modern adoption of VR. Charting...