Running a VR Arcade: Arcade Layout Tour | Virtual Reality Tips

[@VREmirate]

Wow! I'm impressed with how professional and well though this Upward VR arcade is. Banners, instructions etc everything just looks quality. Great pro tips too ie. having walk the plank demo out in the open :)

[@peachcloverlauper]

I read in the comments that this location shut down. If that's true, I feel that it shut down because of lack of privacy. The VR stations are very open leaving the participants to feel like they are on display. Then there is the fact that it was set up for parties of several people in the same booth; the only game I know that is group oriented is Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. Lastly, I agree with the comment about everything being too bright, because inside the HMD the eyes adjust to low light. Taking off the HMD and getting hit by piecing stage lights above and highly reflective walls in all directions would leave a person with a headache and thinking that said headache was caused by VR itself and not the sudden change in lighting which would prevent return customers. That being said, I am very excited to see other VRcade setups, so please continue to post them.

[@CanalPoderMilitar]

2 year ago i open a small VR arcade, was in a anime/gamer side of a big mall, but in the end, the women going to the beauty salon s on the other side of the mall, where my number 1 customers, cuz they left their children for hours playing while they "fixed" themselves, in the end i was running a daycare/vr arcade

[@nikhilreddy7734]

Haha, scalable...

[@brandocv]

That's a really amazing arcade! What computer specs do your PCs rock? Thanks!

[@makiito4170]

Thanks for recommending this to me in 2019, youtube.

[@davidmcallister9752]

Can I steal/copy your posters for rules/how to use??

[@catsrule9841]

would be cool to have all the tv's giant oled tvs and dim the lights, private padded rooms with bean bag furniture, the most updated software unaffordable to regular people, this is not an arcade ,this is like a chore to go to this.

[@grandgao3984]

Nice arcade! Hope you'll successful make it through the harsh times!

[@GokouZWAR]

They didn’t even make it to covid.

[@youhabibtube]

from which company you have purchased the games & hardware.. If i want to open it in India who can help me on this?

[@mohammadkhan9328]

Hey whats the total sq footage of the store? Thanks

[@yvestcheza]

Ok but how your event works is it a vr event?

[@KennethDAstonJr]

WOW this is old, very old and how was business during COVID and how is business going now that folks can afford to do this in their own home and if you're still in business, can customers bring their own devices?

[@MobileDecay]

Looks like a hair salon. Nobody pays attention to the tvs. You just assume they are annoying ads. I would never guess this store has anything to do with vr. I would probably walk in and ask for a hair cut.

[@asleeperj]

This place got shut down most likely because it was in a mall. Foot traffic doesn't equal sales, and leases in malls are horribly expensive. Probably close to $7,000 a month for that much space.

[@ge2719]

thats a shame. the thing is the mall is probably going to die from lack of reasons for people to go there so ripping off their tenants to the point they closes is really stupid. they'll be getting a visit from dan bell before long :P

[@Autovetus]

Sooooo... How has it been going ?

[@livandkenzothegreatteam8860]

Where do I go to the race station

[@GokouZWAR]

This place is closed down. Anyone know why and what they did wrong?

[@chefalbert223]

lol

[@OmikronNS]

They started a VR arcade. I could have told you it wouldn't last.

[@ibanbengoetxea]

I think they just wanted to show the Springboard VR system for all the next VR Arcades. I would copy their setup but in a smaller place with a cheaper rent.

[@benjiebarker]

i think you could only have free vr for a coffee shop

[@UnknownSquid]

I'm a little surprised to see plain beige hard surfaces as the booth walls. Surely would get scuffed and dented in no time at all. If they're tough enough to not get beaten up, then they're tough enough to damage the controllers. I'd have thought that surely darker soft surface walls would be the logical choice, for protecting both the booth, the equipment and the user. Soft surfaces would also reduce echo and thus improve privacy and ability to talk to one another without raising your voice. And is that the PC itself hanging on that vulnerable shelf next to the easily smashable tv? It might be mostly out of reach for conventional play, but as a long term business entrusting excitable strangers to the equipment, I'd want every conceivable impact point as clear and safe as possible. That shelf corner could actually do a taller customer some serious harm.

[@blklatino93312]

How many square feet is your store?

[@ashtonyaklin6836]

Well, now it’s 6 feet under. (Get it? Because it closed)

[@mhnoni]

@@ashtonyaklin6836 lol

[@nat0106951]

Did this survived 2020?

[@JonathanGorr]

Smart decisions.

[@benjiebarker]

you need to hire people to fill up that place and jump start the customers kinda like gaslighting lol

[@ocmetals4675]

This store is not going to last unless they make some serious changes! A t-mobile store looks more exciting than this! It needs to look like an arcade... dark with tons of neon lights like gaming conventions. Loud arcade game noise and music! And wtf is going on with that graphic with that guy wearing a figure skating suit from the 90’s?!! You need to have graphics of the games not clipart of people playing them. With this setup you’re going to attract a few people for 1 time sessions and then very few repeat customers. Think more gaming less apple store otherwise your days are numbered girl.

[@whereswaldo1517]

They closed down on December of last year. You are too little to late with your advice. lol. And yes I also agree with you on those points. I want to make an arcade as well. They treated more as an innovation place than an arcade.

[@RKroese]

Make it epic, lady.

[@chadwick626]

...The problem was they had 20 stations and zero customers. remove 19 stations and dont rent a giant 4k\mo space.

[@nykidxxx]

It was bad the second she mentioned their tiny NON-VR event space was their biggest revenue generation. VR isn't viable in high traffic areas due to square footage required. Though she could have tried to get a partnership with HTC or Oculus to subsidize.

[@Ozzianman]

@lazer tag Woah, such a constructive comment.

[@blomproductions]

4:44 or a broken controller

[@springboardvr]

Ain't that the truth :(

[@blomproductions]

Springboard VR i a thinking of starting my own arcade so I might need to buy three pares off everything even do I only will have two stations

[@alphabambivr]

Im thinking about starting one as well i have a location pickout at my local mall just need more funding

[@blomproductions]

@@alphabambivr Where will your Studio/Arcade be?

[@alphabambivr]

I have it planned out to be at the mall in lacrosse Wisconsin, lots of people and college kids from near by towns.

[@intrepid35sweden]

The base station placement on the standing station thing is pretty poorly done. You have both on the same wall which gives your poor tracking quality even if you were a solo player, can't imagine how bad it must be with several people in the way

[@ge2719]

not much they can do about that. they are 1.0 base stations so only two for a space. changing that would mean getting all new headsets/controllers. so maybe eventually they will change them for something with 2.0. the tracking shouldnt be too bad. i've used mine with one lighthouse by accident before because i forgot to turn one on and the tracking was fine.

[@newscanaldenoticias9362]

Instagram of asley please

[@magicdjmike]

I am in dismay at the care of your VR equipment! HMDs just lying anywhere, controllers about to fall off counters, cords tangled...etc. you have a great space, but it doesn’t look like you take pride in the equipment. Why is this a acceptable as a business!?

[@robertolinik6345]

I would rather stay at home with my PS4 and VR .

[@smartguyjaja]

psvr is so shitty you might as well not call it vr

[@crzb]

ps4 is too underpowered, not enough games, bad controllers