Four characters of Adventure Lab's first game.
Four characters of Adventure Lab's first game.
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Adventure Lab launches co-op VR escape rooms with live hosts

Adventure Lab is launching virtual reality experiences that let you go on an adventure with your friends, accompanied by a human host. These experiences are like guided escape rooms, but you play remotely over the internet using the Oculus Quest VR headset. Although the San Francisco-based studio was founded in January 2019, this kind of social play turns out to be exactly what many people need during the pandemic lockdown, its founders say.

Players can schedule 40-minute adventures with up to four friends at a time using Oculus Quest VR headsets. Each session can be different, thanks to the human host, who can go off script or change things around for returning players.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.