Tag Archives: Virtual Reality
UK – Entain pioneers virtual reality multi-sports entertainment
Entain has detailed a first-of-its-kind, virtual reality multi-sports entertainment experience set to pilot later this year. The move builds on an alliance between Entain and Verizon Media, the global technology and media company. The first virtual reality “sports club” entertainment experience is intended to be rolled out in due course across its international brands. The…
UK – RPM Gaming launches CricketSim
RPM Gaming has launched CricketSim, a new simulated cricket product for operators and their players struggling to find realistic, engaging alternatives during the sporting shutdown. The offering fuses the latest algorithms with a database of real-world cricket stats to create the most authentic and accurate representation of live-traded cricket available. The sport’s favourite formats, including…
BetConstruct: Championing VR in the gaming space
G3 talks to BetConstruct’s Rafael Badalyan, the company’s Chief Innovation Officer, concerning Virtual Reality and the opportunities this technology offers gaming operators to engage with new and current audiences. You are now a pioneer for virtual reality in the gaming industry. Could you tell us about the VR content you offer, such as BetConstruct VR…
US – LINQ launches digital area with Pulse Arena, hologram gaming, virtual reality and arcade gaming
The LINQ Hotel has opened an interactive and immersive gaming and entertainment environment as well as the all-new RE:MATCH bar with a digitally-inspired ribbon cutting on Friday, June 7. Following a parade of hover board girls, electric drummers and Go Bots, Caesars Entertainment’s CEO and President Tony Rodio; EVP of Gaming and Interactive Entertainment, Christian…
UK – Rank to trial VR Racing Challenge with Immotion
Immersive virtual reality will be heading to Grosvenor Casino in Manchester with its owners Rank signing a deal with Immotion Group, to trial a VR Racing Challenge. CEO, Martin Higginson said: “The new concession initiative with The Rank Group, is a major milestone for the company and I am confident that following successful trials, we…
Canada – PokerStars launches Virtual Reality poker
PokerStars’ latest innovation, PokerStars VR, is now available to download and play for free in all of PokerStars’ global markets. The eagerly anticipated official launch of the gamefollows on from a well-received closed beta test which saw more than 150 invitees play and test it using Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. PokerStars VR is available…
UK – PokerStars previews virtual reality poker
PokerStars has previewed 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, authentic and immersive social poker game that will give players the chance to play poker in visually stunning game…
US – IGT and Boyd Gaming launch Virtual Reality Platform at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
International Game Technology and Boyd Gaming have launched IGT’s “Virtual Zone” platform at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, marking IGT’s first virtual reality installation in a casino environment, and Boyd Gaming’s first VR entertainment offering. IGT’s Virtual Zone is a competition arena designed specifically for casino floors that enables patrons to…
US – MGM Grand to debut Las Vegas’ first Virtual Reality Zombie breakout arena
A warehouse sized zombie outbreak is being built at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in a deal with Zero Latency, a developer of location-based free-roam Virtual Reality (VR) entertainment. The apir will introduce Las Vegas’ first multi-player free-roam VR experience inside LEVEL UP gaming lounge on September 8. The arena, “Virtual Reality Powered by Zero…
