Free-roam is the future of VR in location-based entertainment. As more homes get VR headsets, large playing spaces where people can move around and explore fantastic virtual environments will be a key differentiator for arcades. The technology is finally affordable, high-quality, and durable. Environmental effects like wind, vibration, heat and scent, or wearable haptic vests, further amp up the experience beyond what anyone will experience in their home. If you’ve been waiting to make the move into free-roam VR, this is your year.

Within this category we have warehouse-scale, compact free-roam, and hyper reality. The warehouse-scale systems are over 2000 square feet. Compact free-roam ranges between 400 and 1000 square feet. Hyper reality is systems with environmental effects and haptics like wind, scent, heat, vibrating floors, etc.