Sandbox VR opening new full-body gaming venue in Seattle's South Lake Union - GeekWire

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Another virtual world gaming acquisition is opening store successful the Seattle region.

Sandbox VR announced Wednesday that it volition unfastened 1 of its full-body VR venues successful 520 Westlake, a Vulcan Real Estate spot successful Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The determination is expected to unfastened successful 2023 and is the 2nd successful the Puget Sound portion for Sandbox, which opened astatine Totem Lake successful Kirkland, Wash., successful April.

The caller determination volition beryllium 6,030 quadrate feet and diagnostic 4 backstage rooms, called “holodecks,” for VR gameplay. Each holodeck enables groups of up to six players to person a shared experience, exploring virtual worlds and relying connected each different to win successful games designed to beryllium societal experiences.

Players are equipped with a VR headset, a haptic vest, a backpack, and question sensors connected their wrists and ankles. Game experiences see “Deadwood Valley,” “Amber Sky 2088,” “Curse of Davy Jones,” “Star Trek: Discover” and more.

Sandbox VR curently has much than 30 locations crossed the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia.

Zero Latency VR, an Australia-based virtual world exertion company, announced successful September that it was bringing 1 of its free-roam gaming spaces to Redmond, Wash. The abstraction is present open.

Numerous different venues successful the Seattle portion cater to VR players, including Hive VR, Portal VR and more.