The leading e-newsletter of the Immersive Out-of-Home entertainment sector, including amusement, attractions and all immersive interactive pay-to-play systems.
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KWP #TrendWatch – Landed in #LongBeach! All ready for a great #AWE2026 - please say high if you see us there!
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KWP #TrendWatch - California bound - on our way to #LongBeach for a pivotal #AWE2-26 - please say high if you see us there!
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KWP #TrendWatch – The definitive gathering for the #XR sector this week in Long Beach, California – #AWE2026 now including a dedicated #LBE XR Zone and conference program – we are presenting on the future of LBE XR on the 16th June, 2026 – see you there. #AWE
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KWP #TrendWatch – Surprise closure of @boombattlebar Dubai, after only opening in 2023 – social media announcement from operation revealed permanent closure. The #Competitive_Socializing venue had been the first venture by the brand outside of UK – no reason give for the closure
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KWP #TrendWatch - The reality of the last decade of #VR #arcade investment has been an incredibly bumpy one - the reality of this current phase is built on the wreckage of over hyped promotion, claimed business success. The reality will be touched on during #AWE2026
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KWP #TrendWatch – Be sure to take your place at #AWE2026 – with @PICO XR, @Synthesis_VR, @The_Rabbit_Hole_VR, @Hololabs_Studio – along with a major after party with @vrCAVE, @PanIQ_Escape_Room_Franchise, and @cleanboxtech
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KWP #TrendWatch – Start Your Engines! The explosion in new #DigitalKarting platforms continues, as developers take their place on the starting grid – this new #XR tech becoming the biggest innovation in #karting and bumper-cars for the new generation of #entertainment venues.
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KWP #TrendWatch - Latest #StingerReport - #1266
The latest report covers the fall out of the layoffs within @Meta and the dominos effect in the consumer #VR scene, while reflecting this against the growth in #LBE #XR investment
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KWP #TrendWatch – In 2021 the #StingerReport coined the term #Immersive_Enclosure – now we see Western examples of this #XR concept, with plans for more new releases – we look at this growing entertainment genre.
@immersivegamebx / @InowizeTech / @valomotion
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KWP #TrendWatch – Big movie #IP in the #attraction sector, with news that @BrogentTechnologies has partnered with @TohoGlobal, towards creating a flying theater attraction called ‘Godzilla the Ride: Great Clash’ – the #Godzilla monster universe turned into a immersive attraction.
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KWP #Trend - "We can extend everything in virtual reality!" - a look back over a decade at #VR in theme park #attractions.
In a exclusive #StingerReport feature looking at the hopes-and-hype from the 2015 attractions show, and the future of #XR.
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KWP #TrendWatch - An informative article for those new to the advances in the #immersive #entertainment #experience landscape.
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KWP #TrendWatch - The ‘Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds: The Experience’ multi-sensory #immersive theater production, closed with Layered Reality's move into administration – now sources reveal plans to turn the immersive experience into a popup traveling #attraction
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KWP #TrendWatch – Latest #SoundOff - #124
The most detailed coverage of trends shaping the sector in the latest podcast, with news from Openday, and the new investment made in the XR and amusement scene.
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KWP #TrendWatch – New concept in Cranecades – @GENDA opens ‘#GiGO Crane Game Oasis’, dedicated wholly to #amusement crane machines – including the launch of machines offering household items and groceries as prizes!
A look into new-wave #arcade crane machines in #StingerReport
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KWP #TrendWatch – #Blastfromthepast a great video on the #Battletech #LBE originator of the sim gaming / #eSports. Social gaming before it was a thing, the rise-and-fall of #Virtual_World_Entertainment. Could this #immersive sim social platform work now?
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KWP #TrendWatch – After @Meta launched their Meta Store concept in 2022, the corporation reveals a pivot with an updated partnership with @BestBuy – 50 popup updated kiosk demonstrators for their #AI smart glasses, and their range of #Meta_Quest #VR headsets, across key stores.
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