Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One arrives in cinemas tomorrow and this week has seen a variety of virtual reality (VR) related content arrive on Viveport for HTC Vive. Today, HTC Vive has announced an expansion of those experiences, bringing them to over 30 VR arcades across the US.
Just like Viveport the arcades will feature Battle for the Oasis by Steel Wool Studios, Gauntlet from Directive Games and Rise of the Gunters from Drifter Entertainment. Additionally, they’ll also feature Aech’s Garage in Sansar interpreted from the original ILM design in the film and The Distracted Globe Music Experience in TheWaveVR. The former is available through Viveport while the latter can be downloaded through Steam (North america only).
“VR offers the ability to tell stories in an entirely new way for film audiences; they’ll be able to immerse themselves in worlds inspired by ‘Ready Player One’ like never before,” said Joel Breton, GM of Vive Studios in a statement. “With this program, we’re making great VR content available to arcades across the nation as a celebration of the movie and everything that VR can be.”
The VR content will begin rolling out to the 35 arcades today with more locations planned. In addition to these VR arcades, Microsoft Stores will feature Ready Player One content in 65 locations starting 29th March. To see the most up to date list of participating locations, visit: https://locator.vive.com/. For any further updates, keep reading VRFocus.
| City | Arcade Name & Website |
| Albuquerque, NM (Coronado Mall) | All Out Zone VR Arcade |
| Albuquerque, NM (Cottonwood Mall) | All Out Zone VR Arcade |
| Austin, TX | Originator Studios |
| Brooklyn, NY | Yokey Pokey |
| Chandler, AZ | VR Junkies |
| Charlotte, NC | LiVReal |
| Daly City, CA | Fliptout Gaming |
| Duluth, GA | iSimU VR Arcade |
| Ellsworth, ME | Rush Hour Gaming |
| Honolulu, HI | VR Junkies |
| Houston, TX | Omniverse |
| Lake Oswego, OR | Red Rider VR |
| Las Vegas, NV | Vegas VR |
| Los Angeles, CA | IMAX VR Centre |
| Mechanicsburg, PA | FeVR Gaming |
| Miami, FL | Loft VR Arcade |
| Midland, TX | Pandoras Box |
| Myrtle Beach, SC | Myrtle Beach VR |
| New York, NY | IMAX VR at AMC Kips Bay 15 |
| New York, NY | IMAX VR at Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 |
| New York, NY | VR Bar |
| New York, NY | VR World |
| Norman, OK | Immersion House |
| Orem, UT | VR Junkies |
| Provo, UT | Virtual Experience |
| Raleigh, NC | VR Junkies |
| Salt Lake City, UT | VR Junkies |
| Santa Fe, NM | All Out Zone VR Arcade |
| Seattle, WA | Portal |
| Slidell, LA | Holotech |
| Slovang, CA | Space VR |
| St. Augustine, FL | VR Gaming – The Great Escape |
| Terre Haute, IN | Accushot VR World |
| Toronto, ON | IMAX VR at Scotiabank Theatre |
| Washington DC | Ekstasis VR Arcade (Augment Arcade) |
via Mint VR