Sandbox VR brings immersive group play to Melbourne

Company behind on-location Squid Game and Stranger Things experiences expands Down Under.

The latest Melbourne venue features a bar, party room and four private rooms.
The latest Melbourne venue features a bar, party room and four private rooms.

Sandbox VR has launched a new location in Melbourne's Central Business District, joining its first Australian location on the Gold Coast.

The location-based virtual reality (VR) company’s Melbourne venue features a bar, party room and four private rooms where groups of up to six guests suit up with headsets, haptic vests and motion sensors for full-body immersion.

The technology allows players to see and physically interact with one another, creating the feeling of living inside the action together. After each experience, guests receive personalised highlight videos to relive and share their adventures.

Operating both corporate-owned locations and a franchise programme, Sandbox VR has scaled to more than 90 global locations across five continents and 12 countries since launching in 2016. Today, it counts 150,000 monthly players and US$300 million in lifetime sales.

Built by a team of veteran developers from EA, Sony, and Ubisoft, Sandbox VR delivers full-body immersion through exclusive content and original experiences, including the recently launched Stranger Things: Catalyst in collaboration with Netflix, and the new Age of Dinosaurs experience in partnership with the Natural History Museum of London and dinosaur experts.


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