Posts Tagged ‘VR Games’
What’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 MoreVR Esports Games: Competitive Recipe for Growth
Could competitive VR esports games be part of the future FEC arcade landscape? Esports is wildly popular. Video games like League of Legends and Fortnite pay out millions in prizes. They are watched by hundreds of millions of fans, both in stadiums and on Twitch. Billions are being invested in esports. Major league sports teams…
Read MoreHow to Get 100K Players Shooting Each Other – VR Arcade Esports (35:36)
Virtuix Omni Arena – Replay Cut the Crap the Truth about Exports (22:06)
Learn how a national tournament with cash prizes is driving repeat play and destination traffic. Bob interviews Jan Goetgeluk, founder of Virtuix, who has been running a national esports tournament at FECs for more than two years, and Todd Maunsell, VP of Operations at Cinergy, who recently held their first “local” esports competition, seeing a…
Read MorePlayer Interview with E-man – Replay Cut the Crap the Truth about Esports (15:24)
Without players there is no Esport. Bob interviews Emmanuel (E-man) Martinez, a player, community manager and enthusiast to gain an understanding of what motivates players to play, what they look for in an Esport, and what it takes to get them off the couch and into your locations.
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 MoreWorld’s First Star Wars VR Arcade Game is Coming
There’s a disturbance in the force. The menace of the coronavirus wasn’t a phantom, but a threat to the very existence of our galaxy. Under this perilous existence, an unlikely alliance formed to create a new Star Wars VR Arcade game. And it’s bringing new hope to the entertainment centers on the remote planet Earth.…
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 MoreWhat Do People Want? Social vs Shared Experiences.
When I spoke to Randy White this month, one of the areas we touched on was the need for more social experiences. Why do people want to be entertained? Why do they go out to movies, or bowling, or restaurants? Randy’s research on this strongly suggests people want to socialize. “People want social experiences” has…
Read MoreXR Investor Deep Dive – Pearly Chen, Martina Welkhoff, Angelo Del Prior, Ryan Wang (1:01:41)
VR Investors are bullish again. Raising money has always been one of the most difficult parts of being an entrepreneur. Without capital, many business ideas would never get off the ground. Bob Cooney has raised over $100 million in capital over 7 different successful startups. Today he interviews four of the leading VR Investors about…
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