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tari-aldarion · 8 years ago

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Uno and Scotch Part 1

My lovely, talented, and gorgeous beta @saved-by-the-notepad convinced me to post part 1 of the casino!AU that I’ve been working on for over a year now so...*throws it at you and then runs away*

Steve didn’t mean to become friends with Tony; it just sort of happened. It seems like one day he was a faceless dealer at Extrema, the next he was getting drunk with a billionaire genius. He knows what caviar tastes like now (he doesn’t like it) and he’s seen the Strip skyline at night from 60 stories up in a penthouse (that he does like). Most importantly, he knows Tony and Tony was the one that he got drunk with when the days were rough.

They met through Tony’s complete disregard for professional attire on the floor. Steve walked into one of the staff rooms, fresh off the floor, late one night after most of the dealers were either out working or had gone home. Tony was sitting at a table, looking at a deck of Skip-Bo despondently. It’s not like Steve could recognize Tony instantly; this scruffy-haired, goateed man dressed in dark washed jeans and a worn AC/DC shirt looked nothing like the polished, playboy Tony Stark the media portrayed.

Steve thought the man looked vaguely familiar and just assumed he was a new dealer who had recently moved. With that, Steve glanced again at the Vaguely Familiar Sad Man. Due to his promotion, he and Bucky had just moved to Las Vegas in the last few weeks; maybe he and Sad Man could become work buddies.

Years later, he would freely admit that the tantalizing curve of the man’s neck and sparkle in his eyes was the main motivation that prompted Steve to offer to play a game of Skip-Bo with Sad Man instead of his determination to believe that his sole motivation was to make a new friend.

Soon they had played 4 games and were well on their way through a 5th, with Steve quickly learning that this man’s beatific smile made Steve’s heart beat dangerously quickly. Sad Man had introduced himself by this point as “Tony”, quirking his lips for some reason at Steve’s casual response. Steve had reciprocated with his own name, throwing off his casino mandated branded tie and unbuttoning his white button down. He couldn’t help but notice the way Tony’s eyes fixated on his collarbone and the little quiet, breathy noise that betrayed Tony’s thoughts.

Flirting with people he had just met was not ordinarily something Steve did, especially after Afghanistan and Bucky, and certainly not with men. But with Tony, he found himself saying things that could only be described as playful just to watch Tony’s mouth curve upwards in response. It was worth it to watch Tony’s dark eyes twinkle with mischief as he started to casually throw out innuendos that made Steve’s neck and ears turn red.

Tony had fixed Steve with a look of intent, pausing in the game, when a tall, blonde, female force of nature came sweeping through the door to the staff room yelling, “Tony! This is exactly what we talked about!”

Tony paled and jumped to his feet, assuming a nonchalant stance. “Carol! What a surprise.”

The woman, Carol, glared and crossed her arms, her biceps stretching the striped material of her blazer in a very intimidating way. “Just because you’re mad at me doesn’t mean you get to shake me off in order to…” she gave Steve a calculating look. “flirt.”

Steve’s heart was pounding; he had completely given the wrong impression. He knew that he had to be careful but it was just so easy with Tony.

“Can’t a man just spend time playing games?” Tony tried, widening his eyes in mock innocence.

“Not when he was supposed to be at a conference explaining this and not down here in his employee’s break room!” Carol shook the new promotion flyer for the gaming expo Tony Stark was hosting next week at Extrema.

Steve whipped his head around, pointing an accusing finger at Tony. “You’re Tony Stark!” Tony had the audacity to look amused.

“The pleasure’s all yours.” He leaned across the table and grasped Steve’s finger, shaking it like a typical handshake as Steve continued to gape. Steve tried to wrap his head around the fact that the scruffy man in front of him was not only his boss, but the richest and most well-known casino owner in the world, not to mention a mathematical genius. After mentally running through the past few hours, Steve realized that he maybe should not have flirted so much with a technical genius and panic began to form in the pit of his stomach. Tony frowned at the look on Steve’s face and snapped his fingers in front of him.

“Steve? Steeeeeve?”

“Stop harassing your employees with, god what is that? Skip-Bo? Dammit, Tony, I thought you had better taste than that.” Carol gave several purposeful tugs on the back of Tony’s shirt until he began to walk.

“He volunteered.” Tony grumbled, walking out of the room with Carol following close behind.

Their good-natured bickering faded away as the door closed behind them and Steve was left sitting in the break room, still half in his work uniform and staring at a half-finished game of Skip-Bo, wondering what the hell just happened.

Do you like UNO? Steve stared at his phone for a long time, pondering this unexpected text. He had a pretty good idea who it was from but how Mr. Stark (Tony?) got his number and why he was texting Steve was a mystery.

I don’t play it often enough to answer that. He responded before he had time to second guess himself.

Oh Stevie, we must rectify this tragedy. I’ll bring the UNO, you bring the Scotch.

Steve paused. This is a bad idea, this is a bad idea, this is a bad -

Where and when will I find you?

I’ll find you was the strangely cryptic reply and Steve pocketed his phone, trying to ignore the nervous fluttery feeling in his stomach. He straightened his tie and opened the door to walk out onto the already busy floor. Sam, his pit boss, ambushed him before he got too far, placing a friendly hand on Steve’s shoulder and smiling.

“Steve! You forgot to pick up your tips last night. Did you leave in a hurry or something?”

“Or something.” Steve muttered. Sam’s eyebrows wrinkled and he gave Steve a searching look.

“Is this about Barnes? I thought the insurance was taking care of him.”

Steve shook his head. “No, Bucky’s doing much better. In fact, everyone we’ve talked to has been optimistic and his attitude has been significantly better ever since we moved here.” A little smile blossomed on his face as he recalled Bucky’s excited expression as they discussed prosthetics with the doctor.

“Then why the sarcasm, Rogers?” Sam continued to look intently up at Steve, insistent on understanding the hesitance behind his words.

“Last night was…unusual.” Sam stared at Steve, forcing him to elaborate further. “Fine. I met Tony Stark and we played Skip-Bo for three hours.” Steve admitted.

Sam’s dark eyes went wide and he dragged Steve into a corner by his collar; Steve protesting mildly at the shorter man’s actions. “You did what? The man hasn’t been seen for months and then you just happen to find him and play one of the worst card games ever with him for hours?”

“Well, it’s not like I planned it.” Steve said, defensively, pulling his arm out of Sam’s grip and smoothing the wrinkles out of his shirt with a careful hand. “He was just there and I didn’t know who he was.”

“Still. That’s weird. What was he like?” Steve’s blush did not escape Sam’s notice. “Steve. What did you do.”

“Nothing! He’s just…flirtatious.” Steve crossed his arms defiantly in the face of Sam’s judging face. “Okay so it was easy to be flirtatious back but I didn’t let it go anywhere!”

“That’s good because you seem to forget, Steve, that for all intents and purposes, you are married to Bucky.” Sam hissed, leaning into Steve’s space. “And you know why you can’t let that fail.”

Steve sighed, dropping his arms. “I know, Sam. I know.”

“-ony! Are you even paying attention to me?”

“Huh?” Tony said intelligently, looking up to face the imposing redhead glaring down at him. Pepper folded her arms and snapped,

“Can you put that away and at least pretend to pay attention? This conversation only pertains to the future of your casino and your life.” Tony winced at her sardonic tone and sent the last cryptic text to Steve before sliding his phone into his pocket and holding his hands up in surrender.

“Okay, Pep, what is it?”

“People are beginning to wonder if you exist, Tony. Financial backers are hearing whispers that you’re delusional and paranoid. Someone even started a rumor that you’ve been captured and held for ransom! You haven’t been out to anything public in months. That’s unusual for anyone, much less someone with your reputation and previous history.”

Tony crossed his arms like a petulant child and sprawled back in the chair. “I would think that this would be a good thing - no more scandals for you to clean up. I have said this too many times but I’ll say it again if you want me to: I’m busy.”

Pepper placed her palms firmly on the tabletop and leaned over, saying, “You call it working; I call it hiding. Just go out to a fight or a premiere of something for god’s sakes. It wouldn’t kill you.” Tony gave her a hard stare but she refused to back down.

“Pepper, I’m not-”

“Tony, if you say that you’re ‘not ready’, I will shove my new Weitzmans down your throat and demand that you buy me new ones. It’s been two months, you need to put it all behind you.”

“Fine.” Tony snapped. “The gaming expo is next week, I’ll go to that.” He got up from his chair and strode over to one of the large windows that made up the back wall of Pepper’s spacious office, staring out at nothing. “But I’m not bringing a date, Pep.”

Pepper looked sadly at the tense line of Tony’s back and shoulders. She straightened her white skirt suit before crossing over to Tony in a few, firm steps. She reached up to grasp his shoulder in solidarity, purposefully showing him that he was not alone.

“Tony, I’m not going to force you to bring a date. Just please don’t cause another international incident like Stockholm; we’re trying to convince people that you’re still sane.”

Tony turned and pulled Pepper into a tight hug, whispering, “Thank you.” into her ear. He pulled back, demanding that Carol go shopping with him to find the shiniest shoes possible. Carol pushed herself from her place leaning against the wall and shared a fond look with Pepper before walking after Tony. Pepper blew out a tired breath and slumped into a seat, wondering if it was too early to have a glass of wine.

Tony turning up at Steve’s small Toyota when he was heading out for home that night was surprising and yet somehow not, considering Tony’s complete disregard for privacy before. He didn’t feel the need to offer any explanation either, just gestured for Steve to follow him after Steve had grabbed the bottle of Scotch from his car and then started talking animatedly about something ridiculous that one of the whales had done earlier in the day.

Steve found himself following Tony and just nodded and laughed at, what he hoped, were the appropriate moments. It seemed like Tony was a whirlwind of tense energy that night; completely opposite of his listless charm from the night before. Steve was wary and yet intrigued.

Suddenly, he realized the conversation had stopped and they were in an elevator on their way up to…somewhere. Tony was looking up at him with a cocked eyebrow and a smirk lifting up the corner of his mouth. Steve flushed a bit and Tony’s smirk grew, his beard highlighting the upward curve of his lips.

“I must say, you’re certainly very agreeable. I never would have pegged you for someone willing to follow a person they just met up to a strange place unarmed.” Tony said, casually leaning back against the elevator railing and rolling up the sleeves to his button down.

Steve looked away from the sight and remained where he was: hands behind his back, feeling tense but not sure why. “Who says I’m unarmed?” he responded.

Tony hummed noncommittally, staring curiously at Steve’s chest where his dog tags lay. Steve felt discomfited under his intense gaze and shifted away from where Tony lounged against the railing. “I suppose you’re right.” Tony murmured, pushing himself upright to stand next to Steve. Steve suddenly couldn’t breathe at the close proximity and the heat he could practically feel emanating from Tony’s body. He held himself perfectly still as the elevator came to stop with a slight ding and the doors slid open. Tony walked forward, pausing only to say with a grin, “I shouldn’t assume anything of you, Captain.”

Steve was frozen for a moment at his old title, and the knowledge that Tony definitely had boundary issues, but quickly recovered and strode after Tony into a gorgeous penthouse.

It seemed to be at the top floor of Extrema and had floor to ceiling windows and an open floor plan that allowed the lights of the city to shine through the rooms without restriction. Tony turned to Steve and said, “Don’t freak out.” before calling out, “JARVIS, lights to 40% please.” The room was immediately bathed in a soft light while the nightlife of Las Vegas continued to light the penthouse in colorful and bright hues as a calming British voice emanated from the ceiling.

“Good evening, sir. Justin Hammer has called twice and left a voicemail. Ms. Potts also wanted me to remind you about the meeting tomorrow. She specifically asked that I emphasize to you that the dress code requires a slightly more professional attire than your customary work clothes.” Tony chuckled.

“All right, pick something out for me, J, and set a reminder for the meeting so Pepper doesn’t kill me.”

“Of course, sir.” Tony looked back at Steve who was staring in amazement at the ceiling.

“JARVIS is my AI. He pretty much has control of the whole building. He’s integrated into the security software, into my penthouse, and into both my phone and Pepper’s. JARVIS is the reason no one can ever successfully rob my casinos. He keeps me in line and on time.”

“Y-you designed an AI?” Steve asked, astounded.

Tony shrugged, attempting to look casual but a small, private smile spread over his face. “Yeah.” He said, looking fond. “Not just a pretty face, eh?” A blush flooded Steve’s cheeks but Tony had already turned to saunter further into the penthouse.

Steve trailed after him, entranced by the view from the window. He walked over and felt a rush of vertigo as he looked down to where the city bustled below him. He heard Tony padding behind him and when Tony called, “Do you want anything besides the Scotch?”, Steve would forever deny that his voice was breathless when he answered in the negative.

He turned from the window to look around the open room, observing that there were very few personal items adorning the walls. The only thing that set this room apart from a photo in an advertisement was a large canvas photograph of a young, blonde woman wearing a dark green dress, seated and holding a baby boy wrapped in a deep blue blanket. The picture showcased a snapshot of a tender moment as she was staring down at the baby with a loving smile on her face. Steve took a moment to appreciate the soft lighting in the picture and the quiet happiness in the expression on the woman’s face.

“It’s a picture of my mother and I.” Steve turned to Tony, who was now standing at Steve’s shoulder holding two crystal tumblers of scotch. Tony’s gaze was fixed onto the canvas and Steve saw the same love that shone through the mother’s captured smile was reflected in Tony’s dark eyes.

“She loved you.” He said quietly, turning his head back to stare at the painting with Tony. He saw a bitter smile twist across Tony’s lips out of the corner of his eye.

“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, is that which rages in the place of dearest love.” Tony murmured. Steve hummed in agreement.

“Euripides did have a way with words.” Tony looked at Steve, his eyebrows raised in surprise.

“Well, well, soldier. I am impressed.” Steve shrugged while a pleased smile tugged at the corner of his lips.

“Even soldiers can have a classical education.” Tony laughed and whatever lingering tension hung in the air dissipated

Steve tore his eyes away from Tony’s grin and accepted the drink held towards him. Tony gestured to a table that had several UNO decks laid out and said, with a sudden twinkle in his eye, “Time for me to kick your ass at UNO.”

Steve smirked over the rim of his glass. “We’ll see about that.”

A few hours later, Tony threw his cards across the table and ran a hand through his already disheveled hair in frustration. “How the hell do you keep beating me? You haven’t played this game in years!”

Steve sat back in his chair, feeling smug and pleasantly warm. He should probably drink more water and less scotch and also maybe stop focusing on how Tony running his hands through his hair make it look mussed and soft. It leads down dangerous thought paths like is that what Tony’s sex hair looks like and can I please run my fingers through it too. The worst part of it was that Tony was still wearing his suit pants and white dress shirt from whatever important meeting he had earlier today but his sleeves were rolled up, he had discarded the tie, untucked his shirt, and unbuttoned the collar so that his collarbone and the long line of his neck were perfectly visible, especially when he laughed. Which he did. Often. Steve wanted to lick it.

Even so, Tony hadn’t tried to flirt as openly as he had the other night. No innuendos, lewd winks, or long looks filled with heat had been exchanged at all. The reason why became obvious when Tony checked the time and carefully said, “It’s getting late. Won’t Barnes be worried about you?” Steve had no other response than to stare at Tony, eyes wide with surprise and a small amount of worry. Tony shrugged. “I looked you up in the company files. I was curious.” Steve huffed out a small laugh.

“I looked you up too,” he said with a mischievous grin and Tony grimaced, rubbing his face with his hand.

“And yet, you still followed me up to the Penthouse? My, my, Steve, you must not have read the right articles to trust me like that. Maybe I should send you some of the really flattering ones.” Tony’s tone was teasing but with a sharp edge that belied his opinions about his reputation. Steve shook his head and leaned forward, his elbows resting firmly on the table, his eyes intent on Tony’s face.

“I don’t believe that the man who plays UNO with one of his employees for three hours can be the cold hearted, depraved,” Tony winced, “son of a bitch that I read about. But,” he added, leaning back in his chair, “that’s just one man’s opinion.” Tony looked at him, eyes bright.

“Glad to know someone believes that.” He flashed a grin at Steve and then suddenly became very serious, crossing his arms and tensing his shoulders. “Seriously, Steve, those days are behind me. I don’t want to create the wrong impression, especially after last night.” He took a deep breath and dread boiled in the pit of Steve’s stomach. “I need to clarify something.”

“What?” Steve was hesitant but something in Tony’s eyes was soft enough to assuage Steve’s nerves.

Tony clenched his jaw, looking determined. “I wouldn’t have flirted if I knew…”

“Yes, I know.” Steve interrupted hurriedly, desperately wanting to be done with this conversation. Tony arched an eyebrow at Steve’s curt response but nodded, uncrossing his arms and leaning back in his chair, the tension leaking from his shoulders.

An awkward silence fell over them. “Well, I guess I should.” Steve jerked his thumb towards the door behind him.

“Yeah.” Tony said, standing up. He walked Steve to the door in silence and Steve got in the elevator, turning around as Tony reached into the elevator to press the lobby button. He stuffed his hands into his pockets, glancing up and making uncomfortable eye contact with Steve for a moment.

“I’ll text you.” Tony said, suddenly and Steve nodded.

“Okay.” He said simply as the doors closed.

“You like him.” Bucky accused, interrupting Steve’s description of the events of yesterday. “See, that look right there tells me that you do.” He laughed at the affronted look that appeared on Steve’s face. Steve pushed Bucky’s accusatory finger out of his face and scowled, the frustration that had been building for the last few days shoving him roughly back into reality.

“It doesn’t matter whether I like him or not, Buck.” Steve regretted the bitter words as soon as he saw the look on Bucky’s face. He closed his eyes and sighed, slumping back into the couch and against Bucky’s side. They were silent for a moment and then Bucky said quietly,

“We don’t have to do this.” Steve sat straight up, radiating frustration.

“We do and we are.” He said firmly, turning and staring Bucky down. “There is no other way to keep you safe and taken care of.” Bucky was the first to look away, huffing out something that sounded fairly derogatory towards Steve’s stubborn stance.

After another moment, Bucky broke the silence to mention that Stark Labs would have a prototype for him to try next month. Steve broke out into a wide grin.

“Buck, that’s great!” He said enthusiastically, his grin mirroring the one on Bucky’s face. “Didn’t you say that you were going to meet your new physical therapist today?” Steve remembered. “What do you think of him?”

“Her.”

“Oh?” Steve said, casually. Bucky narrowed his eyes and made a face.

“Don’t get any ideas, Steve. Sure, she was….great. But definitely not my type”

“Not sarcastic enough?” Steve chuckled.

“Not nearly. She’s sweet and I like her though. I think we should introduce her to Thor.” Bucky added.

Steve’s eyes lit up. “Movie night?”

“Movie night.” Bucky agreed. “I already invited her.”

“Of course you did.” Steve rolled his eyes. “Well, fortunately, tonight is Rom-Com movie night, perfect for matchmaking.” Thor was notorious for his love of romantic comedies, citing his native country’s lack of such movies as the source of his feelings but drunk Thor dashed his reputation by revealing his strong romantic side. “Thor’s bringing the movie?”

“Obviously.” Bucky scoffed. Steve shoved an elbow into Bucky’s side, laughing at the yelp that elicited.

“Get your lazy ass off the couch and help me clean up before everyone gets here.”

“The romance! It’s gone.” Bucky mocked, dramatically throwing his hands into the air. “Am I nothing more than free labor to you, Steve?”

Steve stood, pulling Bucky up from the couch with him. “How could you say that after I work my ass off providing for you?” He gasped, melodramatically clutching at his chest.

Bucky just laughed and shoved Steve in the direction of the kitchen, satisfied to see that Steve was smiling, the brooding look disappearing from his face.

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Welcome To The Big Show 2019: Steps To Prepare For A Successful Trade Show Exhibition

1. Research Relevant Shows Each industry has no less than one public expo, and it's normal to see different gatherings obliging one segment. The Trade Show News Network keeps up arrangements of each real public exhibition around the globe. Utilizing its pursuit highlights, you can find the fitting shows for your business. Make sure to stick to demonstrates important to your business. Because lager is frequently connected with games through promoting, for instance, doesn't mean your bottling works will pile on enough deals at the Outdoor Retailer show to legitimize the cost of displaying there. 2. Break down Your Marketing Budget It'll cost at least $5,000 to put on a display that draws in consideration. Holding back at an expo is certainly not a smart thought. At E3, for instance, littler organizations were in the back corner of a different room from the fundamental displays, cutting their pedestrian activity drastically. In the event that you make a physical item, a straightforward presentation of your items both all through the bundling will do. Nourishment organizations should continually bring tests, and programming organizations, for example, amusement and application engineers ought to have a hands-on demo prepared. On the off chance that you can't manage the cost of the majority of this, consider going to as opposed to displaying. 3. Enroll and Book Travel Early Public exhibition enrollment frequently opens up a very long time ahead of time. The best spots dependably top off quick, and regardless of whether you do enroll early, you're not generally ensured the spot you need. Public exhibition coordinators are infamous for a minute ago corner changes. Make sure to have all your booking information printed and helpful to facilitate the registration procedure at both the expo and inn. In spite of the fact that they'll regularly save lodging obstructs for sellers and different participants, these saved spots can top off rapidly. In case you're not staying specifically at the tradition focus — regular in urban communities like Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Denver, where there's an inn on or adjoining the tradition focus property — there will frequently be a free transport. On the off chance that you don't remain inside the held lodging square, you might be in charge of your own transportation, and you'll in all likelihood be charged for stopping at the tradition focus. 4. Contract a PR Firm With every one of the media, experts, and industry insiders in participation, it is anything but a terrible plan to procure a PR firm, on the off chance that you don't as of now have one. Numerous organizations are veterans on the public expo circuit, and they'll realize how to complete things you wouldn't have pondered, for example, setting up meetings with participants to stop by your stall. Knowing this sort of data ahead of time encourages you in staffing your corner. The firm may likewise have different customers and incorporate you in an organization, where vital corner guests are gone up against a voyage through different stalls the firm oversees. 5. Recognize and Contact Attendees Before the show, the public expo coordinators will typically give access to a participant list. On the off chance that they don't, approach them for one. This is your's "who" for the show, and you'll need to survey it ahead of schedule to distinguish who you need to concentrate your endeavors on. Give the rundown to your PR firm also, so they can convey email impacts to set up demo arrangements at your corner. Numerous organizations will likewise offer free swag, refreshments, banned special features, or even toss after-gatherings to raise mark mindfulness. Visit http://www.thebigshow-oman.com

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The Virtual Arena: China’s VR Entertainment Revolution – Part 2

Continuing coverage of China’s largest Out-of-Home entertainment convention, reporting things in the virtual realtiy (VR) amusement and attraction at the Asia Amusement & Attractions (AAA) Expo – And in this final part of this special feature, Kevin Williams, specialist in the interactive immersive entertainment scene, concludes, by looking at emerging trends from the Chinese convention.

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Navigating the 12 large halls of the AAA Expo 2018 was hard on the feet, especially when nearly every booth seemed to proffer a new and interesting concept towards the application of immersive entertainment. AAA was not just a show filled with VR goodies, but also included a wealth of immersive projection systems, the latest video amusement and theme park attractions – but our focus for these features is the VR aspect.

AAA was also not just one show, but an amalgamation of trade events combined into one offering – the show including the 2018 Asia VR&AR Fair&Summit – a major conference session for developers and operators of VR&AR in the territory, which also saw awards to leading Chinese entrepreneurs in the field. Previously in The Virtual Arena, we covered the emerging trends from the Digital Out-of-Home entertainment (DOE) VR business presented across the vast show floor; first with ‘Standalone VR Amusement Systems’ and then with ‘VR Motion Simulators’ – we now move on to the next genre.

VR Tethered Enclosures

Pop-up enclosures housing four player VR systems.

One of the new trends that is sweeping both the Western and Asian VR entertainment space is the use of an enclosure style environment, for up to four players, standing up, competing in networked game environments. Most of these systems running PvP style shooting experiences. And to ensure simple operation use tethered headsets. Originated by German based Holodeck VR, last year – the concept has become a popular concept from a growing number of manufacturers.

AAA, had the largest number of this genre of system in one place, VR entertainment developer NINED, known for championing the VR business, showed their entry into the field, with their VR SPACE system, offering an open enclosure and four tethered HTC Vive’s. The company also showed ‘VR Jump Multiplayer Game’ – another enclosure game for four players, but this system used a vibrating floor to add a new dimension to their zombie and dinosaur blaster.

VR SPACE

VR Jump

What was labelled as “the first internet VR multiplayer gun battle game” was previewed from FoldSpace, on their booth, with a hyper realistic military shooter in its own enclosure. Called Ace Attack, four-players using tethered HTC Vives, and wielding realistic automatic weaponry defend their position from hordes of enemies. Exhibitor CA SEGA JOYPOLIS (the Chinese operational division of the Japanese amusement giant) presented their partnership with German based VR Nerds and showed their four-player enclosure experience TOWER TAG – a game already installed at a few sites, and which they hope to sell into the sector.

VR LEKE building on their exclusive usage of the HTC Vive Pro had their own enclosure concept – called Zombie Jail, the enclosure is themed like a cage, with the players locked inside, using tracked force-feedback weapons and the Vive Pro headset. The game having the players fend off waves of undead criminals, locked within an infested prison. The system saw long ques stretching off the booth of attendees wanting to try out the game for themselves.

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There are serval multi-player VR experiences that offer a similar operator opportunity as that promised by tethered standing systems – these include the omni-directional treadmill platforms. Many of which have already been available in enclosure style presentations. One of the best known in this field was on the UNIS booth during AAA, with their OMNI ARENA demonstrate in their two-player configuration. While on the Play-V booth, the exhibitor showed the KAT VR system running its own PvP experience. Such systems are now being linked to tournament competitions, creating their own VR eSports environments.

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Location-Based VR

Arena-Scale (free-roaming) multiplayer experiences.

The last few months has seen a decretive drive towards developing Arena-Scale platform in the West; with FoxNext, Nomadic, Dreamscape, The VOID, and others, testing their platforms – while established operators such as Zero Latency, VRstudios and trueVRsystems, to name a few, continue to expand their installed base, and build on their product line. At the AAA show, the Chinese VR scene proved it was ready to join this battle.

The dedicated free-roaming attractions on display were represented by Jisei Interactive Technology showing their 2,000m² optically tracked environment, running backpack PC’s, weapons and Oculus Rift headsets – in a game environment they called VR Big Space. A few venues in China have started to operate their own backpack based multi-player attractions, though this was the only one at the show.

VR Big Space

One of the developers of a free-roaming tracked based system without backpack, was Noitom – the company presented their Project Alice tracking architecture running three attractions, with a four-player shooting experience, a young player virtual soft-play environment with tracked objects (using their unique architecture married to the Oculus Rift – and a virtual bumper-car experience using real bumper-cars, with the player tracked in a virtual experience, using the Deepoon headset.

Project Alice

Concerning the deployment of VR into the Chinese mainstream, the latest generation of VR entertainment has evolved from the 9D passive (egg-shaped) motion theatres and looked towards the next generation of immersive experiences – interactivity plays a major part, and room-scale VR has found strong interest, as well as the use of physical effects to create a compelling experience. It is obvious that Location-Based VR experiences will play their part in this drive – and already several Arena-Scale VR attractions have opened in the territory, mirroring the interest they have generated in the West.

Arena-Scale

Standing

The question must be; faced with this vast available supply of VR attractions illustrated by the AAA show floor, how many of them will find deployment outside of China, and from this supply, will there be a strong enough demand? Or is DOE about to see a massive restructuring to meet the explosion of investment attempting to capture this exploding opportunity? The one major takeaway from AAA 2018 is how much more important strong game content is to this business to ensure success in a crowded market.

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Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Sounds Like Next-Level Immersion

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts announced it is building a new Star Wars-themed hotel in Orlando that will feature multi-day immersive experiences. A rendering is shown here. Disney/Lucasfilm

Skift Take: Disney wowed everyone with this announcement. Now fans of the theme park company and Star Wars wait for the execution — and the price tag.

— Hannah Sampson

The Walt Disney Company has made a blockbuster business out of building fantasy-rich kingdoms and lands around the world that draw millions of visitors a year.

For its next act, the entertainment giant is looking to turn a patch of its Orlando resort into a new kind of luxury-meets-immersion hotel meant to feel more like a galaxy far, far away.

In an announcement last month at the fan event D23 Expo, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek announced that the company is planning a “revolutionary vacation experience” for Walt Disney World: a luxury resort that immerses guests in the universe of Star Wars.

“It’s unlike anything that exists today,” he said.

Chapek said visitors will have a “dedicated multi-day adventure” complete with “starship transportation,” characters, costumes, storylines, windows that show a view into space, and status as “an active citizen of the galaxy.”

“It is 100 percent immersive and the story will touch every single minute of your stay with us,” he said. “It culminates in a unique journey for every person who visits.”

Not surprisingly, the announcement prompted fans — and many writers — to swoon. HuffPost ran a story with this headline: “Wait, This ‘Immersive’ ‘Star Wars’-Themed Hotel Looks Awesome.”

And TechCrunch could barely contain itself, writing: “AHHHHHHH. Disney just announced something that’s potentially so damned cool that I hardly need complete sentences here: Immersive. Star Wars. Hotel.”

Robert Niles, founder and editor of Theme Park Insider, said that while the company had a lot of announcements at the event last month, few of them were groundbreaking. The Star Wars hotel stood out.

“This is why I think so many people are really excited and intrigued by this concept,” he said. “It truly is something different for Disney.”

A rendering of the immersive Star Wars-themed hotel planned for Walt Disney World in Florida shows views of space and BB-8. Disney/Lucasfilm

Early Survey Gave a Sneak Peek

Hints of the plan emerged in April after Disney guests were surveyed on their interest in a similar concept, though it’s unclear how many of the details included in the survey will end up in the final product.

According to WDW News Today, the questions described a “continuous, story-driven entertainment experience” over the course of a two-night stay.

Guests would be able to choose if they wanted to watch or participate in a story, and would have themed activities to participate in. Meals, entertainment, admission to a new Star Wars-themed land at Disney Hollywood Studios, and the service of a robotic droid butler would all be included at a price of $900-$1,000 per guest, the story said. (A Disney spokeswoman told Skift the company has not released pricing on the experience yet.)

Chapek referenced that research when he made his announcement last month.

“You may have heard that we recently did a survey about an entirely new way to live your very own Star Wars adventure,” he said. “So today, I am thrilled to confirm that we are working on our most experiential concept ever.”

Disney has made huge moves with the intellectual property — IP in industry parlance — of Lucasfilm, which the company bought in 2012 for more than $4 billion. In addition to making more Star Wars movies, Disney is building 14-acre themed additions called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at parks in Orlando and Anaheim, California. Those lands open in 2019.

Dennis Speigel, president of International Theme Park Services, has been pondering the project since he first started hearing rumors several months ago.

“Hotels now are such an important part of theme park operations because it’s what keeps people on property,” he said. “More importantly, what’s happening is with this hotel, it’s the first truly totally immersed theme hotel. And they couldn’t have picked a better IP to do this with and test the hotel concept.”

Still Unknown

Disney has released few details about the hotel project, including when it will break ground or open. Also unclear: where at Walt Disney World it will be located; how much it will cost to build; what the price will be for guests; how big it will be; what “immersion” means in this context; or what kind of technology will be involved.

Asked if guests will be able to choose specific storylines to engage with or have the freedom to wander and interact without much structure, a spokeswoman said: “There will be many ways to engage.”

Niles is anticipating that Disney will start out slow.

“My inclination would be to guess conservative on this, that they’re not going to turn it into some kind of massive multi-player role-playing game,” he said. “But it’s going to be a really-well-decorated experience where it will be easy for your imagination to create a role in it, as opposed to Disney creating a role for you.”

He expects the company to gauge reaction and see what works, and “what doesn’t work, even more importantly” — and then maybe add more specific roles as a way to charge more.

Disney Cruise Line, which provides a virtual porthole on cabins inside ships to give a real-time view of the outdoors, could provide a blueprint for the hotel experience. The four-ship cruise line has given the company experience with entertaining people in a confined space for several days — and Niles expects that to come in handy.

“I think Disney’s going to apply a lot they’ve learned from cruise line,” he said. “I think that’s kind of the origin of the DNA … isolating people in a specific place, virtual windows. They’ve got a lot of information to start with, but they’re taking it to another level.”

A Kinder, Gentler Westworld?

While Disney didn’t make the comparison, just about everyone else has brought up parallels to the HBO show Westworld, about a kind of theme park full of lifelike robots that allows costumed visitors to interact and pursue their own storylines without any prohibitions.

That drama includes intrigue, double-crossing, murder, and sex — off-limits for Disney, of course. But those more adult themes aside, the comparison seems somewhat apt.

“I think it’s an adaptation of the Westword concept done in the Disney best sense, where it’s entertaining and family fun,” Speigel said. He expects to see robots, live actors, and animations as part of the experience at the Star Wars hotel.

“You’re going to have aliens checking you in,” he said. “All the people who work there are going to be in costume, makeup, you’re going to see storm troopers marching through the lobby, you’re going to see Jabba the Hutt, laser sword fights.”

The anticipated use of robots fits into the industry trend toward automation, Niles said. Some hotels — including one at Universal Orlando — use robots to make deliveries to rooms, while cruise lines have employed robots to do tasks including giving directions to passengers and bartending.

“Here, it’s themed!” Niles said. “It’s almost like they have to do it….They have an opportunity here to kind of beta test, if you will, automating a lot of the process, which ultimately can save you on labor costs once you recoup the capital cost of developing this system.”

In other words: These are the droids you’re looking for.

Scott A. Lukas, a cultural anthropologist who has written books on themed and immersive spaces and an amusement industry consultant, said he was reminded of Westworld, historical reenactments, and live-action role playing when he heard about the project.

Even with a family-friendly approach, Lukas wonders how guests might react to an intense level of engagement.

“Is it going to be kind of creepy if you experience it at its full level?” he wondered.

He said the challenge would be finding the right guests: Travelers who crave intensive interaction with a Star Wars theme and can drop a significant amount of money.

“I just don’t know if people want this level of interactivity,” he said. “On the one hand this is amazing and will be a new potential to explore something other than screens and glasses at home. On the other hand…even if they work out the low-level-user guest, I still wonder if everybody will be into this level of commitment.”

But Randy Garfield, who spent nearly 30 years at Universal and Disney before he retired as president of the Walt Disney Travel Company in 2014, said he doesn’t worry about whether there’s enough demand for a product like the Star Wars hotel.

“Disney has rarely, if ever, misjudged consumer interest in products,” he said.

He said it’s too early to talk about the best way to market the experience, but the audience seems huge.

“It won’t be difficult to market this product at all,” he said. “This is a sales and marketing dream really — not only with a huge database of past guests, but people who go to Comic-Con, and people who are Star Wars fans.”

Beyond Basic Immersion

Plenty of hotels, of course, have immersive qualities thanks to strong themes — from the gondolas and gelato in the Venetian in Las Vegas to the animal-filled vistas at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge to the toy-themed Legoland Hotel. Theme parks also create worlds for visitors to immerse themselves in for hours, such as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal parks and Pandora — The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, but that level of engagement typically doesn’t follow guests to their hotel rooms.

Lukas said the Star Wars project sounds more like “total immersion,” where the “guest is taken into another world, story, or place through the use of as many senses as possible.”

“The level of immersion and storytelling, I can’t think of anything in the past that has had this,” he said.

Garfield said he wasn’t surprised by the announcement given the company’s history of innovation and drive to integrate intellectual property into various parts of the business.

“They’re always going to try to raise the bar,” he said. “To me, seeing Bob Chapek talk about how it’s going to be an immersive experience with guests being costumed … I think that’s just another element of enhancing guest engagement and making them part of the story.”

Niles, of Theme Park Insider, expects the whole industry to be watching carefully and learning.

“Something you live with for a day or two, that’s something different, not just for Disney, for the industry,” he said. “It’s not something that’s ever been done on any type of substantial scale before. I think a lot of people are really excited to see what Disney ends up doing for this and what kind of model it creates for the rest of the industry. Fans have been clamoring for Universal to do something like this with Harry Potter forever. There’s a ton of IP out there that would lend itself to that kind of treatment.”

Renderings released so far of the immersive Star Wars hotel show space-like surroundings, droids mixed in with guests, and even — if you look closely — a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. Disney/Lucasfilm

Your Move, Universal

Several industry observers said they expect Universal to answer with some kind of a hotel themed after the Harry Potter franchise created by J.K. Rowling, given the company’s success with the Wizarding World in multiple theme parks.

“If I had to bet, I’d bet that’s under way in design right now,” said Speigel, of International Theme Park Services.

A spokesman for Universal said only: “We don’t comment on speculation and rumors.”

Garfield said Universal has shown it is committed to “immersive experiences that surprise and delight the guests” just like Disney is. While he praised the additions being made by both Disney and Universal, he pointed out that Universal has more constraints on the hotel side. The Comcast-owned theme park operator has significantly less land to work with, and Loews Hotels operates Universal’s on-site hotels in Orlando while Disney runs its own hotels.

“Anything [Universal] wants to do to expand into a different area is going to require the commitment and participation of a partner,” Garfield said. “The folks at Universal are smart and they know what they can deliver. And if they believe that having a Harry Potter-type hotel makes sense to them, then certainly that will be a priority.”

Whatever comes next, Speigel said he thinks Disney’s Star Wars concept will be a launching point for hospitality.

“It’s the first step in the evolution of what we’re going to see as themed hotels, not only in theme parks but in the hotel industry in general,” he said.

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