Location Based VR
‘Stranger Things’ Multiplayer VR Experience is Coming to Sandbox VR Destinations Later This Year
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, is working with Netflix to create a multiplayer VR experience based on the hit TV show Stranger Things.
Coinciding with the fifth and final season of the show, the upcoming VR experience Stranger Things:...
VR Attraction Chain Sandbox VR Passes $200M in Lifetime Revenue with 29 New Locations Expected in...
Location-based VR destination Sandbox VR announced it has surpassed $200 million in lifetime revenue as it continues its rapid global expansion, with 29 new locations planned for this year.
Founded in 2016, Sandbox VR is one of the few out-of-home...
Sandbox VR’s ‘Squid Game’ VR Attraction Hits $30M Milestone, Expands with New Mini-game
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, announced it's generated $30 million in ticket sales for its official Squid Game VR attraction. Additionally, Sandbox VR says it's expanding Squid Game with the addition of a new mini-game.
Called ‘Repeat Racers’, the...
‘Metro Awakening’ Studio Vertigo Games Sells Off VR Arcade Content Platform SpringboardVR
Vertigo Games, the studio behind the Arizona Sunshine series and Metro Awakening (2024), announced it's sold off SpringboardVR, the location-based entertainment (LBE) VR content distribution platform.
Vertigo Games acquired SpringboardVR in 2021, announcing at the time it was looking forward to "leading SpringboardVR into...
‘Squid Game’ Multiplayer VR Game Coming to Sandbox Locations in September
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, announced its multiplayer experience based on hit Netflix show Squid Game is coming to Sandbox VR locations starting September 29th, featuring a number of its deadly mini-games.
Update (September 19th, 2023): Starting September 29th, Sandbox VR locations will...
Sandbox VR Reeled in $23M Annual Revenue from Most Popular Location-based VR Experience
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, announced that its most popular experience has generated $23 million in ticket sales in the last 12 months.
Launched in the summer of 2022, Deadwood Valley is said to be the company's most cinematic...
HTC Announces Wrist Tracker for Vive Focus 3, Releasing in Early 2022 for $129
HTC unveiled a new VR tracker device at CES 2022 today, this time targeting its $1,300 enterprise-focused standalone headset, Vive Focus 3. It's slated to go on sale sometime early this year, starting at $129.
Unlike its SteamVR-compatible Vive Tracker,...
AR/VR Studio Dark Slope Pivots to Immersive Learning Amid Fresh Funding Round
The Toronto-based AR/VR developer Dark Slope today announced it's closed a bridge funding round with multiple investors which brings the company's total funding to $2.75 million. This coincides with a pivot away from location-based VR entertainment towards immersive VR learning.
The...
‘Sparc’ Comes to Arcade Platform Springboard VR, but CCP Remains Silent on Quest Port
CCP Games, the studio behind EVE Online, was an early proponent of VR and launched a handful of VR games as the industry was kicking off. Though it isn't actively developing new VR titles, the studio has continued to...
Ubisoft Announces ‘Prince of Persia’ VR Escape Room, Heading to 300 Locations This Spring
Ubisoft has revealed its third and latest VR escape room experience which is based on one of its classic franchises; Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time will support up to four VR players who will control time itself as...
Sandbox VR Raises $11M Investment from Will Smith, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry & More
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced an additional $11 million in funding from some of the biggest household names in entertainment and investment.
Sandbox VR says in a press statement that their latest investment brings their total funds to...
HP and Virtuix Sponsor $100,000 VR Esports Tournament
Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, has partnered with HP to offer a prize pool of $100,000 for its upcoming 2020 Omni Arena series, the company's annual VR esports competition.
First introduced by Virtuix back in 2016, Omni...
‘Star Trek: Away Mission’ Multiplayer VR Game Coming to Sandbox VR This Fall
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR facility, today unveiled a new Star Trek multiplayer game that, unlike previous Star Trek VR titles, is a free-roaming experience.
As reported by Variety, Star Trek Discovery: Away Mission is slated to arrive this fall at existing Sandbox...
‘Halo’ VR Multiplayer Shooter Coming to Location-based Halo Event
Halo: Outpost Discovery is a weekend-long event coming to a few cities across the US this summer; it aims to bring fans closer to the world of Halo, while undoubtedly distancing them from the money in their back pockets....
Virtuix Debuts ‘VR Arena’ Attraction at Dave & Buster’s Austin Location
Virtuix, the company behind the VR treadmill Virtuix Omni, debuted their previously announced VR eSports attraction 'Omniverse VR Arena' at the Dave & Buster's location in Austin, Texas this past week.
The location-based attraction accommodates up to four players, and...



















