Windup Minds has raised $1.6 million to make truly believable pet simulations.
Windup Minds has raised $1.6 million to make truly believable pet simulations.
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Windup Minds raises $1.6M to build virtual pets in VR and MR

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Windup Minds raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding for a game studio focused on virtual pet games in virtual reality and mixed reality.

The Seattle and Los Angeles company will make games for a variety of VR/MR platforms. With a pet-loving team consisting of industry veterans from gaming platforms and studios such as Oculus, Electronic Arts, Magic Leap, and Bungie, Windup Minds aims to redefine the way players interact with virtual creatures by leveraging the latest understanding of animal cognition and emergent gameplay.

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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.