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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.

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Some Truth About Location-based VR Earnings

February 25, 2020

So many people have questions about virtual reality. “What is it?” “Why do I need it?” “Can I make money with it?” This last question is one I spend a lot of time writing about.  I wrote a book called “Real Money from Virtual Reality” because it’s the elephant in the room. There’s much hype…

What We Can Learn from the First VR Device

February 17, 2020

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 lever would change the scene.  I had one as a kid, and you probably did too if you’re an old fart like me. The ViewMaster…

Virtual Reality is Like Déjà Vu All Over Again

February 10, 2020

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 was the inventor of the Wheatstone Bridge, a device that measured electrical resistance and was found in almost every electronics lab on the planet. He…

Use Scarcity to Drive Demand

February 3, 2020

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 they did last time. The “been there, done that” response of the modern consumer is not what you want to evoke. Instead of promoting your…

Will Lower Prices Increase Repeat Visits?

January 27, 2020

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 to get players to come back frequently. On the surface it makes sense…we’ve learned that it’s easier and cheaper to get an existing customer to…

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

January 6, 2020

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 the biggest stories of 2019 was Sandbox VR raising over US$ 70 million from top-tier venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz. I had just gotten back…

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