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Fever Brings Free-Roam VR to Manchester for Seven Weeks at £20

August 9th, 2026

Six people wearing virtual reality headsets stand spread far apart across a dark warehouse floor studded with small white tracking markers, arms half raised, lit deep blue, with a red boundary line marked on the floor.

Fever's Smithsonian Starstruck brings free-roam VR to Manchester for seven weeks: groups of six, 40 minutes, £20 a head, and…

Museum VR Experience at Musée Picasso on Guernica

August 8th, 2026

A man sits alone on a low black swivel stool in the middle of an empty stone-walled gallery room with a herringbone parquet floor, wearing a plain dark virtual reality visor and tilting his head upward, with a second empty stool beside him.

Inside the Musée Picasso's Guernica museum VR experience: 7 euros, 15 minutes, seated in the auditorium, co-produced by VIVE Arts…

Eatrenalin Wins a Michelin Star for Immersive Dining at Europa-Park

August 7th, 2026

A single fine-dining course on a dark ceramic plate, resting on the fold-out wooden table of a high-backed lounge chair in a darkened dining room lit by one warm overhead lamp, with a wine glass in the foreground.

Europa-Park's Eatrenalin won its first Michelin star on June 23 2026, the first time ride-based immersive dining has been graded…

Universal Studios Japan Goes R-18, and the VR Horror Ceiling Looks Lower Than It Should

August 6th, 2026

A lone visitor silhouetted from behind in a dark, peeling corridor of a horror attraction lit by red emergency light

Universal Studios Japan will run Zanzō, also billed as Lights Out: Nightmare Isolation, from September 11 to November 8 as…

Secret Cinema Wins Approval for a Permanent Immersive Venue on Greenwich Peninsula

August 5th, 2026

Blue-hour exterior of a new glass-fronted theatre building on a regeneration site with construction cranes and a domed arena behind

Greenwich councillors have approved Secret Cinema’s plans for a purpose-built permanent home on Greenwich Peninsula, giving the immersive theatre company…

ARVI Puts an Arcade Flagship on Steam, and Venue Exclusivity Gets a Question to Answer

August 4th, 2026

A consumer standalone VR headset with a fabric strap resting on a charging dock on a concrete counter in a VR arcade back-of-house

ARVI, whose content library runs in hundreds of VR arcades worldwide, has opened a consumer channel for Dream Hackers. A…

KDDI and STYLY Launch LBEC, a 25-Company Consortium Writing the Rules for LBE Content Distribution in Japan

August 3rd, 2026

Elevated dusk view of a dense Japanese transit and retail district with lit buildings and a passing commuter train

KDDI and STYLY have launched LBEC, a 25-company consortium writing common guidelines for LBE content distribution, targeting 15 billion yen…

Mike Tyson Gets a Seven-Room Immersive Attraction on the Las Vegas Strip

August 2nd, 2026

A worn, empty boxing ring in a darkened immersive attraction room lit by a single hard overhead light through blue haze

Caesars Entertainment will open Iron Mike Legacy: The Mike Tyson Immersive Experience at the Flamingo Las Vegas in autumn 2026,…

Nazca Capital Buys Control of Madrid Artes Digitales, and Location-Based VR Comes With It

August 1st, 2026

Visitors silhouetted inside a vast industrial hall filled with warm 360-degree projection-mapped classical imagery

Spanish private equity firm Nazca Capital has acquired a majority stake in Madrid Artes Digitales, the Madrid company that builds…

Octopod’s Titles Move onto Synthesis VR, and the VR Venue Management Platforms Keep Absorbing Content

July 31st, 2026

A row of VR headsets charging beside a dashboard screen in a VR arcade back office

Octopod‘s catalog of VR titles is migrating onto Synthesis VR, folding one content library into a venue management platform that…

Sony Puts Markerless Motion Tracking Behind a Naruto Attraction at Tokyo Joypolis

July 30th, 2026

Dancers tracked by overhead cameras in a dark venue with motion-capture skeleton lines projected on the floor

Sony opened NARUTO Music Dancer at Tokyo Joypolis on July 24 2026 as a permanent attraction that tracks up to…

LEXRA Member RH1 Installs the “Awra” VR Attraction at a Five-Star Vietnam Resort

July 29th, 2026

Resort guests wearing VR headsets inside a bright pavilion with palm trees and pool blurred behind them

RH1, a LEXRA member, has installed Awra, a virtual reality attraction, at the Alma Resort in Cam Ranh, Vietnam, putting…

Fever Brings Free-Roam VR to Manchester for Seven Weeks at £20

Museum VR Experience at Musée Picasso on Guernica

Eatrenalin Wins a Michelin Star for Immersive Dining at Europa-Park

Universal Studios Japan Goes R-18, and the VR Horror Ceiling Looks Lower Than It Should

Secret Cinema Wins Approval for a Permanent Immersive Venue on Greenwich Peninsula

ARVI Puts an Arcade Flagship on Steam, and Venue Exclusivity Gets a Question to Answer

KDDI and STYLY Launch LBEC, a 25-Company Consortium Writing the Rules for LBE Content Distribution in Japan

Mike Tyson Gets a Seven-Room Immersive Attraction on the Las Vegas Strip

Nazca Capital Buys Control of Madrid Artes Digitales, and Location-Based VR Comes With It

Octopod’s Titles Move onto Synthesis VR, and the VR Venue Management Platforms Keep Absorbing Content

Sony Puts Markerless Motion Tracking Behind a Naruto Attraction at Tokyo Joypolis

LEXRA Member RH1 Installs the “Awra” VR Attraction at a Five-Star Vietnam Resort

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