Virtual Reality »
Knowing Your Rs: SR, VR, AR and MXR
With the return of VR onto the scene, we’ve begun to cover the subject on the blog recently as “VR Arcades” and other out-of-home applications of the technology find their way into amusement. The
Read More »
Three New VR Arcade Locations: Immersion Arcade & Ivirtex (IL); VR Junkies (UT)
News tip via Now that HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are out there, a few businesses are quickly jumping onto the bandwagon. So far everyone is going for the HTC solution as Oculus shot
Read More »
Newsbytes: VR Arcade Talk + VR 4DX; Spiderman Pinball Color; PIUP2; NTG#87
Happy weekend everyone. Today’s weekend post is a bit heavy on the VR application in the arcade space. BBC – Could VR Bring Back The Games Arcade? : Developing technology is always part of
Read More »
Zero Latency & Sega Japan Team Up On VR
Brought to you by This year the news has been increasingly dominated by VR and related amusement/arcade applications for the technology to be found in out-of-home entertainment. Not long ago it was announced that
Read More »
New Locations: Ctrl+V; Pixel Blast Arcade; Boxcar Bar+Arcade; Game Nest
What better way to start the month of June and our Summer with news on upcoming or new arcade locations! Today’s Latest Arcade Locations Ctrl+V VR Arcade Opens Today In Waterloo, Ontario (thanks to Kevin
Read More »
Scale-1 Portal Launches Immersive Coach Exer-Game Content
Variations on out-of-home VR style technology are growing in number out there although not everyone is a newcomer to the scene. Such is the case with French based company Scale-1 Portal, who has been
Read More »
VR Arcade News: Sega Joypolis To Test PlayStation VR; VRCade Joins With Smartlaunch
While I was going to combine this news with the weekend newsbytes, it turned out that there was enough on this segment that we could a separate post. Sega To Showcase PlayStation VR At
Read More »
The Void Bringing Ghostbusters:Dimensions to Out-Of-Home VR
(Thanks to everyone that sent this in) Here’s a story that is spreading like wildfire across the internet, which seems to be the case with anything VR related lately. As I’ve told people, don’t
Read More »
Meleap’s AR Technology ‘Hado’ Expanding Into The Arcade Space
A lot of the chatter regarding new technology has been centered around VR (Virtual Reality) but it is hardly the only new tech that is looking to change the way we entertain ourselves. In
Read More »
Newsbytes: AH Podcast; Skycurser; Retro Arcade Japan; Project Arena & More
The end of April is approaching (already?) and it’s been an interesting month for news so far. Here’s a round-up of some arcade items that you might like: Arcade Heroes Podcast #13 – Our
Read More »
Bandai Namco Opens VR Zone Project iCan In Japan For Six Months
(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) It was reported a short time ago that Bandai Namco was launching a new but temporary VR-arcade style facility in Japan by the name of VR ZONE
Read More »
First Ever VR Arcade Conference To Be Held In California This May
Video game news has been buzzing with VR developments for a while now and in the arcade business we’ve had no exception to seeing the technology make an attempt to re-enter the business over
Read More »
