Dreamscape Immersive

Dreamscape Immersive is an American entertainment and technology company. It creates story-based full-roam virtual reality (VR) experiences which allow up to six people to simultaneously explore a virtual 3D environment, seeing fully rendered avatars of one another. Using real-time motion capture technology, full body mapping, virtual reality headsets, and real-life room-scale stage sets, it enables users to move untethered in a virtual environment and interact with physical objects. The technology was created by Caecilia Charbonnier and Sylvain Chagué, and developed by engineers at Artanim, a Swiss research center specialized in motion-capture technologies.[1][2]

Dreamscape Immersive
IndustryVirtual reality
Founded2016
FoundersKevin Wall (co-founder and co-chairman)
Walter Parkes (co-founder and co-chairman)
Caecilia Charbonnier (co-founder and CIO)
Sylvain Chagué (co-founder and CTO)
Ronald Menzel (co-founder and CSO)
HeadquartersCalifornia,
Culver City
,
United States
Key people
  • Bruce Vaughn (CEO)
  • Aaron Grosky (COO)
ProductsFree roam multi user virtual reality installations
Websitewww.dreamscapeimmersive.com

History

Dreamscape Immersive was co-founded by Walter Parkes, a film producer, Kevin Wall, a global live events producer, investor, and entrepreneur, Caecilia Charbonnier and Sylvain Chagué, co-founders of Artanim, and Ronald Menzel, an entrepreneur.[3][4]

The company was launched in mid-2016, whereupon Bruce Vaughn, the former head of Disney's Imagineering, was appointed CEO and Aaron Grosky, former president of Control Room, was appointed COO. It operated in stealth mode until February of the following year.[4] Based in Culver City, California, its first investors included IMAX, Westfield Malls, three film studios, and Steven Spielberg.[5][6] AMC Theatres, Nickelodeon and Majid Al Futtaim later invested in the company.[7]

Dreamscape Immersive's first VR installation, Alien Zoo, opened at the Atrium at the Westfield Century City mall in Los Angeles in February 2018.[8] It was followed by The Blu: Deep Rescue and Curse of the Lost Pearl: A Magic Projector Adventure.[9] A Men in Black VR experience was announced in June 2019.[10]

The second permanent Dreamscape Immersive studio opened in Dallas in August 2019.[11]

References
  1. Zeitchik, Steven (2017-09-26). "Hoping to bring VR to the multiplex, AMC joins Spielberg in backing Culver City startup". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. Fritz, Ben (2017-09-26). "Virtual Reality Installations to Start Arriving at AMC Movie Theaters Next Year". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  3. Roettgers, Janko (2017-02-13). "Dreamscape Immersive Wants to Bring Virtual Reality Multiplex to Los Angeles". Variety. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  4. Fink, Charlie. "Dreamscape's Big Dreams for Immersive VR". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  5. Fritz, Ben (2017-02-13). "Startup Backed by Spielberg and Studios Seeks to Create VR Experiences for Malls". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  6. Barnes, Brooks (2017-09-26). "Coming Soon to AMC Theaters: Virtual Reality Experiences". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  7. Busch, Anita (2017-12-13). "Dreamscape Gets New Financial Commitments From Nickelodeon, Middle Eastern Investors". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  8. Bishop, Bryan (2018-02-23). "Dreamscape Immersive's Alien Zoo takes guests to an interstellar Jurassic Park". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  9. "Dreamscape Offers A Destination Virtual Reality Experience You'll Want To See Again And Again". TheGamer. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  10. Roettgers, Janko (2019-06-10). "'Men in Black' VR Experience Coming to Dreamscape (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  11. "Dreamscape Brings VR Experiences to NorthPark Center". D Magazine. 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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