Posts Tagged ‘Esports’
Esports: Don’t Miss Out On the Next Big FEC Trend
In February 2016 I started covering virtual reality’s third wave featuring The VOID, VRcade (now VRstudios), and Zero Latency. A year later I wrote that the third wave was shaping up like a tsunami. Five years after VR’s reemergence as a legitimate FEC attraction, it’s become a staple attraction in FECs. What’s next? Read on…
Read MorePeter Csathy: The Future of Virtual Media (1:02:26)
Peter Csathy, digital media expert, discusses the future of movie theaters, esports, synthetic humans, virtual nightclubs and more in this fascinating deep dive interview with Bob Cooney. Peter is a recovering attorney specializing in all aspects of the media business. He now advises entertainment and technology companies on how to navigate the complex and…
Read MorePro Athletes Stay Home Play Together; Esports Stocks Rally (3:46)
Virtual esports continues to find new fans. Bob shows how profession tennis and football (soccer) have embraced esports and aligned it with staying home and playing together messages to help support people in isolation. Esports keeps growing, and the gaming industry is the top-performing financial sector over the last 3 months according to ETF ranking…
Read MoreThe Being Virtual Show – Phil Kaplan of Gameworks Full Interview
Esports, Virtual Reality and location-based entertainment CEO Phil Kaplan of Gameworks on how the chain is using building a community of loyal customers, professional athletes crossing over into eSports during the COVID-19 sports shutdown, using online events to stay connected to customers during the retail shutdown.
Read MoreRacing and Conferences Go Virtual – Harriet Bartlett – The Being Virtual Show – Ep1
The Being Virtual Show EP1 – Racing and Conferences Go Virtual from Bob Cooney on Vimeo. Episode 1 Features: • How the shutdown of pro sports is pushing esports into the mainstream. • How events and conferences are radically reinventing themselves. • Why Valve’s Half Life: Project Alyx is going to usher in radical improvement…
Read MorePhillip Steinfatt of VR Nerds – Ep 13: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive (1:04:09)
Tower Tag is a global phenomena, and the most popular VR game you might never have heard of. It’s a near perfect combination of VR, Laser Tag and Esports. Join me as I go deep with the founder Phillip Steinfatt, and learn how they got to an installed based of nearly 3000 units around the…
Read MoreJan Goetgeluk, CEO of Virtuix – Ep 11: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive (1:08:06)
Jan Goetgeluk, founder and CEO of Virtuix, maker of the Omni VR treadmill and new Omniverse VR ARENA esports attraction is Bob’s guest on this week’s show. Virtuix’s first VR ARENA just launched and earned more than $10,000 in the first 10 days. Jan has more experience than anyone running VR esports tournaments and…
Read MoreTim Ruse from Zero Latency – Ep 9: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive (1:11:31)
Tim Ruse, co-founder and CEO of Zero Latency who pioneered large scale free-roam VR is this week’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive guest. They’re about to launch an entirely new hardware platform, and have just released a new competitive team-based VR game that gives a glimpse of what the future of esports might be like. We…
Read MoreArmando Lanuti from Creative Works – Ep 8: Bob Cooney’s Virtual Reality Deep Dive (1:07:07)
Armando from Creative Works talks to Bob about what it takes to find a great distributor for immersive entertainment attractions in the amusement market. From their success launching Hologate at IAAPA in 2017 to their newest products Voxel and Game Up esports consoles, where are the gaps that he sees in most products looking to…
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