Posts Tagged ‘VR Arcade’
Deep 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…
Read MoreHow to Deliver Social Experiences to Your Guests
When I spoke to Randy White in June of 2020, one of the areas we touched on was the need for more social experiences. Why do they want to be entertained? Why do they go out to movies, or bowling, or restaurants? Randy’s opinion on this is they want to socialize. “People want social experiences”…
Read MoreRandy White: Will Location-Based Entertainment Ever Return? (1:03:58)
Is LBE dead, or is it getting ready for its grand return? Randy White brings the consumer and operations data to a discussion on what has to happen before location-based entertainment businesses return to profitability. He also tells us what consumers really want in entertainment, and if this is a good time for newcomers to…
Read More11 Critical Steps to Mitigate Coronavirus in your Virtual Reality Arcade
I’ve hesitated to write this article because I don’t want to give energy to the panic already ensuing. The media hype around the Covid-19, or Novel Coronavirus, is already at epic proportions and is threatening to do far more damage than the virus itself. Not to be callous, but there are so many things that…
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