Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire. Dean Takahashi (right) went through it with two strangers.
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Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire — a step inside The Void’s new VR experience

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Before I went to Disneyland this week, I made it to what is a far more interesting attraction for Star Wars geeks. In the Downtown Disney retail area, I went to The Void and awaited my turn at the Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire virtual reality experience.

The location is one of just three in the world — others are in Orlando, Florida, and London  — that deliver a high-end VR experience. Utah-based The Void, which made the Ghostbusters: Dimension VR experience at Madame Tussauds in New York, teamed up with the Disney-owned ILMxLAB to create the attraction.

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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.