EP 137- Lessons from Launching Star Wars During a Pandemic – Presented by Lightsaber Dojo
The Being Virtual Podcast - with Bob Cooney
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Episode 137- Lessons from Launching Star Wars During a Pandemic – Presented by Lightsaber Dojo
Speaker: Sean Griffin, CEO Nomadic
Today’s podcast is a keynote presentation, recorded at the 4th Annual VR Summit at Amusement Expo International held in Las Vegas on June 30, 2021.
What happens when you launch a new VR game into the teeth of a global pandemic? How do you observe, test, iterate, learn, and improve to take a game from good to great when locations are shuttered? This session will take you behind the scenes of the development, release, and improvement of Vader Immortal: Lightsaber Dojo, the world’s first Star Wars VR arcade game.
Let’s dive in!
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:
● Who is Sean Griffin and Nomadic?
● How did they develop and launched Star Wars Games during the pandemic?
● What are the challenges they encountered developing this game remotely? And how did they cope up with these challenges?
● What is Vader Immortal Lightsaber Dojo? How to play it for a better experience?
● Getting to know customers to learn how they experience games to improve the design.
● What is Project New Hope and how does it work?
● How does the level of engagement increase for the Empire Strikes Back Project?
● Learn what is the benefit of products like the VRsenal, cabinet and how that might play out.
● How to bring VR and IP into out-of-home entertainment.
● Understanding Hollywood and the IP holders on economics fair and equitable share.
Bob’s Blog: www.bobcooney.com/blog
Sean Griffin Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-griffin/
Nomadic: https://blurtheline.com/
VRsenal: https://www.vrsenal.com/
Sean Griffin @ Nomadic: https://www.arounddeal.com/profile/sean-griffin/t3epyqovkr/