The VOID to Open Immersive Entertainment Venues at Glendale Galleria im 2018
The VOID to Open Immersive Entertainment Venues at Glendale Galleria im 2018 The VOID today announced plans to open two new VOID Experience Centers™ (VECs) in partnership with retail real estate company GGP Inc. in early 2018. The new VECs will be located at Glendale Galleria in Glendale, CA, and at the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian|The Palazzo in Las Vegas. Each new VEC will feature the critically acclaimed hyper-reality...
Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB and The VOID Announce Tickets Are Now On Sale for Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire Immersive Hyper-Reality Experience
Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB and The VOID Announce Tickets Are Now On Sale for Star Wars:Secrets of the Empire Immersive Hyper-Reality Experience Tickets are now on sale for the highly anticipated hyper-reality experience, Star Wars™: Secrets of the Empire, debuting at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando on December 16 and Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on January 5. “We are so excited about this magical...
Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB and The VOID Announce New Hyper-Reality Experience, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire
Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB and The VOID Announce New Hyper-Reality Experience, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire “New VOID Experience Centers Coming to Downtown Disney and Disney Springs This Holiday Season” Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB and The VOID today announced the new Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire hyper-reality experience. This ground-breaking experience will open to the public at two new VOID Experience Centers at Downtown Disney at...
Disney Announces Investment in The Void for 2017 Accelerator Program
Disney Announces Investment in The Void for 2017 Accelerator Program The Disney Accelerator program, in which the House of Mouse invests in up-and-coming technological entertainment companies, is going strong in its fourth year. Today the program announced its annual list of creative tech firms that will receive “access to the range of creative expertise and resources of The Walt Disney Company to help them develop their innovative...
THE VOID Continues International Expansion with Toronto Launch
THE VOID Continues International Expansion with Toronto Launch Hyper-Reality Ghostbusters: Dimension Experience Now Available to Guests of Cineplex’s Newest Location of The Rec Room THE VOID, the critically acclaimed immersive entertainment company, today announced the opening of its newest VOID Experience Center™(VEC) in Toronto, Canada in a joint venture with Cineplex. THE VOID is part of The Rec Room, Toronto’s newest...
THE VOID Fortifies its Executive Bench with Three Key C-Suite Hires
THE VOID Fortifies its Executive Bench with Three Key C-Suite Hires “Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer Andrew Darrow, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Ruggels and Chief Experience Officer Sarah Marsh Join World-Class Leadership Team” THE VOID, the critically acclaimed immersive entertainment company, today announced significant expansions to its executive bench with the appointment of entertainment industry...
THE VOID Taps Entertainment Veteran Cliff Plumer to Serve as Chief Executive Officer
THE VOID Taps Entertainment Veteran Cliff Plumer to Serve as Chief Executive Officer THE VOID, the critically acclaimed immersive entertainment company, today announced it has appointed Cliff Plumer as chief executive officer. With more than 30 years of experience spanning production, creative and technology, Plumer will lead the company effective today. He succeeds co-founder Ken Bretschneider who has transitioned to...
Premiere in Germany: James Jensen (THE VOID) set to present the technology and content for futuristic VR theme parks at VR Now Con
Premiere in Germany: James Jensen (THE VOID) set to present the technology and content for futuristic VR theme parks at VR Now Con James Jensen is the Chief Visionary Officer of THE VOID, one of the world’s most exciting tech companies. He will be coming to the VR NOW Con – The Tech Biz Art Conference in Potsdam/Berlin on November 16 to speak for the first time and exclusively in Germany about the US start-up’s plans...
THE VOID Launches Ghostbusters: Dimension, an Immersive Hyper-Reality Experience Powered by Unity Technologies 3D engine at Madame Tussauds New York
THE VOID Launches Ghostbusters: Dimension, an Immersive Hyper-Reality Experience Powered by Unity Technologies 3D engine at Madame Tussauds New York Unity, the largest global development platform for creating 2D, 3D, VR and AR games and experiences, today announced a new and truly unique virtual reality (VR) experience “Ghostbusters: Dimension” has been built using the Unity Technologies platform. Led by tech innovators THE VOID, the...
The VOID Virtual Entertainment Center Opens In Pleasant Grove, Utah
The VOID Virtual Entertainment Center Opens In Pleasant Grove, Utah The VOID Virtual Entertainment Center (VEC) is set to open in 2016 in Q3 during September or October. According to The VOID, the first VEC will open in Pleasant Grove, Utah, USA. The First VOID Virtual Entertainment Center ( VEC ) The first VEC will have seven large 18 x 18 meters rooms that can each fit up to ten people. Players will be gaming from a VR...
The VOID Theme Park: New Generation of Virtual Reality & Mixed Reality Virtual Entertainment Centers For Gamers
The VOID Theme Park: Future of Immersive Virtual Reality + Physical Reality Gaming Experience The future of immersive gaming and entertainment is here! A Salt Lake City, Utah based virtual reality startup company The VOID VR has released an exciting pitch demo video on May 4th on The Void’s official Youtube channel. “Our technology allows us to create the illusion that the player is exploring miles of...
New Future-Focused Remote Software Platform Avoids ‘Zoom Fatigue’ by Using Augmented & Virtual Reality
New Future-Focused Remote Software Platform Avoids ‘Zoom Fatigue’ by Using Augmented & Virtual Reality AfterNow, building the future of human computing with augmented reality and artificial intelligence, today announced the launch of AfterNow Prez Remote in private beta and available now. The new software platform delivers more meaningful and engaging remote meetings by harnessing the power of augmented and virtual...
New Future-Focused Remote Software Platform Avoids ‘Zoom Fatigue’ by Using Augmented & Virtual Reality
New Future-Focused Remote Software Platform Avoids ‘Zoom Fatigue’ by Using Augmented & Virtual Reality AfterNow, building the future of human computing with augmented reality and artificial intelligence, today announced the launch of AfterNow Prez Remote in private beta and available now. The new software platform delivers more meaningful and engaging remote meetings by harnessing the power of augmented and virtual...
Oxford VR Launch Social Engagement™ to Tackle Anxious Social Avoidance
Oxford VR Launch Social Engagement™ – a First-in-class Digital Therapeutic Using VR to Tackle Anxious Social Avoidance Oxford VR (OVR) announces the launch of OVR social engagement™ a ground-breaking and progressive behavioral health intervention using virtual reality technology to help individuals overcome anxious social avoidance, prevalent in multiple mental health conditions including agoraphobia, panic disorder, social...
Learn How to Avoid Taxes in VR Adult Film!
New Entertainment Tax? Want to Know How to Avoid It? Wear Your VR Headset! Attention, attention! The Internal Revenue Service hast just recently announced the introduction of a newest entertainment tax within the area of the United States of America, and from now on… Nah, we are just kidding! This could indeed sound disturbingly true, but it is just a yet another VR porn fantasy from the world-famous professional VR porn movies’...
Step into Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire by Void VR
Star Wars Secrets of the Empire Available @ Las Vegas The VOID, the global leader of a new category of immersive location based experiences, has teamed up with ILMxLAB to create Star Wars™: Secrets of the Empire – a first-of-its-kind location based multi-sensory interactive adventure in a galaxy far, far away. Using state-of-the-art VR technology, The VOID will transport guests deep into the Star Wars universe where they can walk...
Hyper-Reality Company JUMP Announces Seed Capital Raise
Hyper-Reality Company JUMP Announces Seed Capital Raise JUMP officially kicked off the development of its technology in December 2019 with a major seed round contribution. On the heels of its recent announcement about securing key advisors and a major extreme sports team, the JUMP team announced they secured $1 million in seed money from investor Bryan Wright. JUMP is a location-based, hyper-reality entertainment company that is the...
JUMP Announces Major Extreme Sports Team Partnership and Powerful Advisory Board
JUMP Announces Major Extreme Sports Team Partnership and Powerful Advisory Board The creative force behind the highly successful virtual reality (VR) experience, THE VOID, James Jensen announced his latest foray into VR, an extremely realistic base jump experience called JUMP where he is founder and CEO. JUMP has already partnered with a major extreme sports team and has several seasoned advisory board members that have joined the...
Lcation-Based Virtual Reality Reaching $3.6 Billion in 2019
Location-Based Virtual Reality Reaching $3.6 Billion in 2019, says Greenlight Insights In 2023, the number of venues offering location-based virtual reality is expected to nearly double, to 24,500 global locations. Virtual reality in location-based entertainment is set to reach $3.6 billion in 2019, according to Greenlight Insights important new report, 2019 Location-Based Virtual Reality Industry Report. This report includes global...
VR/AR Professionals Set to Convene for Greenlight Insights’ xRS Week 2019
VR/AR Executives and Professionals Set to Convene for Greenlight Insights’ xRS Week 2019 Hundreds of executives charged with creating value in their organizations through the development and use of Virtual and Augmented Reality, together referred to as xR, will be convening in San Francisco for the fourth annual xRS Week, hosted by Greenlight Insights. The leading market intelligence firm covering these fields. On October 16-18, 2019,...
VR Days Europe’s Media, Arts and Entertainment Summit will shine spotlight on Location-Based VR
VR Days Europe’s Media, Arts and Entertainment Summit will shine spotlight on Location-Based VR The Media/Arts/Entertainment Summit is one of three market-specific summits being hosted during VR Days Europe 2018, which takes place in Amsterdam from 24 to 26 October. Each summit will feature presentations from leading VR experts, panel discussions and roundtables. Its theme will be ‘Location-Based VR’. Background Virtual reality...
Winners Announced for VR Awards 2018
Winners Announced for VR Awards 2018 The VR Awards has announced the winners of the second VR Awards, which looks to celebrate outstanding achievement in the Virtual Reality industry. With over 400 nominations received internationally, 105 finalists went before a jury of 40 expert judges undergoing a rigorous judging process. This evening’s events now features the following 12 exceptional winners: VR Headset of the Year: HTC Vive Pro...
PokerStars Previews Virtual Reality Poker
PokerStars Previews Virtual Reality Poker: Taking Players into Immersive Online World “Live and online poker collide in brand new VR experience” PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, is previewing a virtual reality version of its online poker software in expectation of a commercial release in the future. An exciting and innovative experience for new and existing players, PokerStars VR is a free-to-play,...
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS IMMERSIVE STORIES LINE-UP & NOMINEES
7 MIRACLES, THE WORLD’S FIRST FEATURE-LENGTH CINEMATIC VR EXPERIENCE TO RECEIVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE Raindance Film Festival continues to champion creators who are pushing the artistic development of the new mediums of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. This year’s immersive strand, Raindance Immersive Stories and Interactive Worlds, held between Thursday 4th – Sunday 7th October, will feature the annual showcase, Gallery of...
MWM LAUNCHES THREE-PART SERIES OF VR SHORTS CREATED BY SOKRISPYMEDIA
MWM LAUNCHES THREE-PART SERIES OF VR SHORTS CREATED BY SOKRISPYMEDIA MWM (Madison Wells Media) announced the launch of a three-part, immersive short video series created in partnership with digital creators SoKrispyMedia, through their AR/VR entertainment division MWM Immersive (formerly Reality One). The entire series is titled “SoKrispy Daydreams.” Best known for their Chalk Warfare series, which has accumulated over 55 million...
State of the VR Arcade Industry by SpringBoardVR Co-Founder
State of the VR Arcade Industry An by SpringBoardVR Co-Founder Will Stackable The modern VR Arcade industry (outside of Asia) is just over two years old. It is still a baby industry. And for such a new industry, it is doing pretty well. Based on the largest industry survey* to date, nearly two-thirds of VR Arcades are at break even or better right now. Great news! That said, many VR Arcades are struggling. Struggling to find the right...
MK2 Launches Plug-and-Play Pods & Worldwide VR Distribution Network
MK2 Launches Plug-and-Play Pods & Worldwide VR Distribution Network MK2, the leading virtual reality experience provider in Europe, debuts the first VR plug-and-play solution for professionals: the mk2 VR Pod. The announcement comes one year after the opening of mk2 VR, the first and biggest VR space in Europe. With this large VR offering, mk2 will become the first VR distribution network worldwide with this end-to-end premium and...
New Hyper-Reality Star Wars™ VR Experience Coming to Westfield Stratford City
New Hyper-Reality Star Wars™ VR Experience Coming to Westfield Stratford City From a galaxy far, far away comes the first multi-sensory immersive virtual experience that blurs the line between the physical and virtual world where you move freely, hear, touch, feel and even smell an environment as you explore it with friends and companions. Due to the incredible response from fans and critics alike at the Westfield London location in...
Inside the Great Pyramid Documentary Shot Using VR Technology and Cosmic Rays
New CuriosityStream Documentary Gives Viewers Exclusive Look Inside the Great Pyramid’s Secret Chambers Behind-the-Scenes Film Reveals How Scientists Use Cosmic Rays, Virtual Reality to Peer Inside the World’s Most Mysterious Structures to Discover Hidden Rooms A new CuriosityStream documentary is giving viewers an inside look at mysterious new chambers discovered deep inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza. The...
Disney Accelerator Showcases 11 Startups at 2017 Demo Day
Disney Accelerator Showcases 11 Startups at 2017 Demo Day “Companies, Investors and Disney Leaders Gather at The Walt Disney Studios to Share Ideas for the Future of Media and Entertainment” The Walt Disney Company concluded the 2017 Disney Accelerator program today by hosting its fourth annual Demo Day. At the event, the eleven participating companies presented their businesses to investors, Disney executives and other...