Future Group lets you insert yourself into fantasy worlds.
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A virtual, interactive game show is coming to prime time in 2016

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The Future Group is announcing technology today that blends real-world video with virtual worlds in an attempt to immerse people inside something like an interactive game show.

The Oslo, Norway-based company is coming out of stealth today. It has raised $8.5 million to date, and it is working closely with an unnamed game show production company on a major project, according to cofounder Bård (pronounced “Board”) Anders Kasin in an exclusive interview with GamesBeat.

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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.