VR Entertainment
‘Ghostbusters VR’ Releasing on PSVR 2, Out-of-home Games Coming to Hologate VR Arcades
Commemorating the release of the original Ghostbusters (1984) film, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) today announced a pair of out-of-home VR games collectively called Ghostbusters VR Academy, coming to HOLOGATE locations worldwide. Sony also announced its previously revealed Ghostbusters VR at-home...
Sandbox VR Announces $37M Series B Funding to Expand Out-of-home VR Locations
Out-of-home VR destination Sandbox VR today announced an additional $37 million funding round that the company is using to support its continued expansion. In addition to its dozen worldwide locations, Sandbox VR says it's working to nearly doubling that.
The Series...
JUMP Opens Pre-sales for Tickets to Its Virtual Skydiving Attraction
JUMP, the destination-based entertainment company, exited stealth late last year and teased a unique attraction that would combine real-world wing suits, wind effects, body harnesses and VR headsets for a fully immersive skydiving experience. The company is now taking pre-orders...
VR Destination ‘Sandbox VR’ Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Reorganization
Virtual reality arcades and other out-of-home VR destinations have been some of the worst affected businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sandbox VR, one of the most well-funded in the industry, has been no exception, as the company's US-based subsidiary...
Group of Men “Marry” Anime Characters in a VR Wedding Ceremony
Japan is an exceedingly normal place when it comes down to daily life, but for some reason the culture's social norms are—how should we put it—famously elastic. As reported by Vocativ, virtual reality played a big part in a recent marketing campaign for...
New ‘Alien’ Multiplayer Free-Roaming VR Experience in Development by Fox
20th Century Fox's Interactive Entertainment and theme park arm FoxNext is building a 2000 sq. ft free-roaming multiplayer VR experience set in the world of the Alien movie franchise.
The Alien movie franchise is among the most enduring in history, with...
‘Alien: Covenant’ is Getting a VR Experience
The minds behind the well-executed-but-a-little-too-expensive The Martian VR Experience are working on a new immersive tie in for the next entry in the Alien movie franchise, Alien: Covenant.
Movie tie-ins, once reviled in the gaming community, often viewed as worthless, lazy...
‘The Martian VR Experience’ Launches on PSVR and HTC Vive Tomorrow
The Fox Innovation Lab are all set to finally release their virtual reality tie-in with last year's sci-fi blockbuster The Martian starring Matt Damon to a VR headset near you as the title launches tomorrow on both PlayStation VR...
New Darth Vader VR Experience Coming from ILMxLAB, Here’s a Quick Peek
During an ILMxLAB panel at this years Star Wars Celebration event in London, Batman movie writer David Goyer was introduced as working on a full Star Wars narrative VR experience that focuses on the series most recognisable villain, Darth Vader.
The...
Pixar, ILM and Disney Veterans Launch VR Company CryWorks
CryWorks is a new VR focused entertainment launched with seed round funds led by Michael Bay's 451 Media Group and who intend to deliver VR content to have customers "keep tuning back in".
The VR talent migration within the entertainment industry,...
Premium Storytelling Experiences with The Virtual Reality Company
The Virtual Reality Company is a 360-degree video production studio in Hollywood that has Steven Spielberg as an advisor. I had a chance to catch up with Joshua Watson, Emily Cooper, & Chris Edwards at Oculus Connect 2 to...
AltspaceVR to Host VR Improv and Stand-Up Comedy Event Dec 2-4
There's no cover charge, no two-drink minimum, and you don't even have to put on pants. Yes, improv and stand-up comedy is coming to virtual reality starting tonight (Dec 2) in AltspaceVR, the social VR space that brought you...
Oculus Story Studio Talks Tooling, Using “out-of-the-box tools as much as possible”
Oculus Story Studio, the company's in-house content creation studio that has produced a number of highly polished experiences, recently released a surprising 'tell all' blog post detailing just what sort of tools the team of VR content creators use.
Story Studio has the funds, and...
‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ VR Experience Coming to Immersed Europe
Attendees of Immersed Europe could get their chance to step into the shoes of Tom Cruise on his action packed ride off the side of Airbus A400M Atlas in the new Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (2015).
The experience was created by InMediaStudio in partnership...
AltspaceVR Hosts DOTA 2 Championship Viewing Party, Watch the Main Event August 3-8 in VR
The International Dota 2 Championships have returned to the KeyArena in Seattle this year to see twenty teams compete in front of crowds in excess of 15,000 people. Can't make it in person? Why not pop into AltspaceVR and enjoy the action...




















