Sneak peak of new virtual reality boxing center coming to downtown Tulsa - KOKI FOX 23 TULSA

TULSA, Okla. — Golden Gloves VR is simply a afloat licensed virtual world boxing simulator developed by the motor country successful downtown Tulsa.

The Engine room’s proprietor Aaron Sloan said the simulator benefits from being developed adjacent to a afloat boxing gym.

He said, “The physics and the capabilities of our strategy of the boxing game, I would astir thin much towards calling it a boxing simulator. It’s much nonstop of what you would face, you know, if you were successful the ring. But you don’t person to spell done immoderate pain.”

Sloan hopes “Golden Gloves VR” tin go a level for e-game tournaments. After players suffice done the simulator, Sloan said, “We’ll invitation you to travel to nationals live. the 2 players would container disconnected against each different successful virtual reality, and past we would prime a nationalist E-Golden Glove Champion.”

It looks similar boxing games person travel agelong mode since “Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, and that’s acknowledgment to radical similar to the squad Sloan hired from astir the country.

Sloan said, “We brought successful radical from Florida, Illinois, Colorado, and Pennsylvania … relocated them full-time here. And past we had immoderate Tulsa University interns assistance america implicit the summertime.”

Start-ups similar this are putting Tulsa connected the representation of what is being called the Silicon Prairie. It’s a play connected Silicon Valley – noting each of the tech innovation happening successful prairie states, similar Oklahoma.

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