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Lasertron Krazy Darts – Spotlight Feature 0923

The sister-brother duo Ann and Jim Kessler with their new Krazy Darts attraction at Bowl Expo in June.

VRsenal is making headset retrofit kits for Virtual Rabbids (above) that come with a 2-year cable warranty. They’re working on kits for other makers’ headsets as well.

A player gets into the groove with Synth Riders, another title for the new Monolith platform.

Night and day: At left, the fragile wiring inside an HDMI cable presented headaches for operators, especially during the challenging disruptions of the supply chain. Replacements weren’t cheap either. Working with HTC, VRsenal developed a new, rugged cable solution for the VIVE Focus 3, seen at right above, and were also able to eliminate their headset retraction system.

Enter the V2: Covid undermined the launch of VRsenal’s Vader Immortal – Lightsaber Dojo: A Star Wars VR Experience, and while the piece did well, it didn’t reach the levels the team expected. But on a more positive note, the shutdown afforded the opportunity for VRsenal to dive more deeply into improving arcade VR economics. They developed the V2 platform (pictured with the onscreen Dark Lord) which reduced the cost per player by 35% and allowed two units to be placed back-to-back to create a 4-player unattended VR attraction.

VRsenal’s first product was a VR arcade version of the popular Beat Saber consumer game (it’s pictured on location at a Main Event). When Facebook bought the developer of the game, they pulled the license for arcade VR meaning that no new units could be built. Fortunately, VRsenal had secured the license in perpetuity for all units already built and in the field ensuring operation going forward.

Pratt also pre-ordered Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead by Griffin Aero­tech and Devolver Digital. A wildly popular console game, it’s coin-op version is “wholly unique,” explains Pratt.

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