VRcade uses motion-capture cameras and a headset to deliver "perfect VR."
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VRcade wants to revive high-end, location-based virtual reality

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Disclosure: The organizers of the Power of Play event paid my way to Seattle. Our coverage remains objective.

VRcade showed its prototype at the Power of Play event.
VRcade showed its prototype at the Power of Play event.

VRcade is part of the movement to revive virtual reality. But it’s not focused on homes. The Seattle startup plans to bring back location-based virtual reality, like in the old arcades with real storefronts. That’s the way that it can deliver “perfect VR,” with no technological or cost trade-offs.

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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.