LAI Games’ Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride won the 2018 Innovator Award at the Amusement Expo in Las Vegas last week.
The first attendant-free VR attraction operates in the same way as any other coin-op amusement game and dominated a show in which all of the talk was of VR.
Mirry Glavan, managing director of LAI Games, said: “LAI Games is paving the way for innovation in the out-of-home entertainment industry, and awards like this confirm we are doing it right. We are very fortunate to have such a creative and passionate team who make innovative products like this possible.”
LAI has won the Innovator Award on a number of occasions in recent years and the credit for Rabbids is shared with video game developer Ubisoft. The technology includes a D-Box motion platform, HTV Vive headsets, dynamic wind simulation and hi-fi audio. LAI is a subsidiary of Helix Leisure.
Image: Mirry Glavan accepts the Innovator Award with Chris Brady, vice president of sales at LAI second left. On the left is Rick Lapleur, an AMOA director, and on the right AAMA’s Tracy Ferris.
