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Visitors to The World’s Tallest Building Can Jump Off It in VR

by Andrew Fenn

Emaar Properties, the owners of the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, has collaborated with HTC, media firm Digicomm, and UK tech agency Inition — the one behind VR experience “The View from …

Virtual Reality is becoming Real Reality… or is it Vice Versa?

by Kenneth Li

Virtual Reality (VR) to most people, would include augmented reality and mixed reality, as the details of each type are not widely understood and virtual reality is the most widely used term. With article …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Beijing Movie Theatre Adds VR Room

by Andrew Fenn

Er Dong Pictures has added a 200-metre-long, futuristic-looking VR movie theatre to the ZYED cinema in Beijing, with 20 specially-designed chairs incorporating VR headsets and sensory feedback technology, allowing the seats to spin and …

VRstudios Launches a New Wireless Multiplayer VR System for LBEs

by Andrew Fenn

VRstudios, a provider of commercial-grade, wireless VR turnkey solutions for location-based entertainment (LBE) businesses, has announced the latest addition to its product line, the VRcade Atom, designed to include everything an LBE should need …

Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 16

TS07 Is VR Location-Based Entertainment Viable?

by Chris Chinnock

This session consisted of a panel moderated by Peter Lude of Mission Rock Digital. Speakers included Nancy Bennett of Two Bit Circus, Books Brown of Starbreeze Studios and Alexis Macklin of Greenlight Insights. Macklin …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Technology Summit on Cinema 2018| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Wareable Takes a Closer Look at Star Wars VR Experience

by Andrew Fenn

Disney has launched a Star Wars-themed, location-based VR experience called Secrets of the Empire at its Disneyland and Disney World locations in the US. Secrets of the Empire was created by The Void and …

Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Lionsgate VR Theme Parks Opening in China and South Korea

by Andrew Fenn

Lionsgate will open a 22,000 m² indoor VR theme park in Hengqin, China next year, in collaboration with Thinkwell Group. The park, called Lionsgate Entertainment World, will feature rides based on popular movies, including …

Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 11

mk2 is Commercialising Location-Based VR Equipment

by Andrew Fenn

French cinema company, mk2, has debuted its VR plug-and-play solution for professionals, the VR Pod. The announcement comes one year after the opening of mk2 VR in Europe (Europe’s Largest VR Facility is in …

VRstudios and Multi-Player 6DOF VR Games

by Matthew Brennesholtz

VRstudios provides six degree-of-freedom (6DOF) virtual reality (VR) systems for out-of-home entertainment centers such as theme parks. 6DOF VR systems allow the person wearing the VR head mounted display (HMD) to not only look …

Sega and StarVR Collaborate on VR Arcade Experiences in Japan

by Andrew Fenn

Sega and premium VR solutions provider StarVR have announced a collaboration to bring StarVR arcade experiences to existing Sega Game Center locations throughout Japan. StarVR will work with Sega to roll out its VR …