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The arcade experience is finding a new audience! 🕹️🔥 The Guardian looks at the growing appeal of classic coin-op games, curated gaming spaces and experiences built around community. Maybe it’s time for arcades to make a bigger comeback! theguardian.com/games/2026/o…
KWP #TrendWatch - The #RobotsareComing... look at that face!
Going viral, a Chinese cleaner looks at a autonomous #robot cleaner, and sees the #clanker that will be replacing him!
KWP #TrendWatch - Latest #StingerReport #1287
Fourth and final part of Stinger Report Coverage from @IAAPA European expo, looking at the record Chinese influence at the event, the attendance numbers and the new trends that shaped this year’s expo.
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KWP #TrendWatch - Following on from the Viking Experience, and @Spawnpoint announces their moves into the High-Throughput #VR experiences sector.
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KWP #TrendWatch – A very important @IAAPA Expo 2026 in Orlando next month – looking forward to seeing new and old friends from the #amusement and #attraction sector, please be sure to say hello if you see us on the expo floor – exclusive coverage in coming #StingerReport
KWP #TrendWatch – Same actor, same scenario!
This time, can Robert Downey Jr. avoid doing to @SPECS what he did for @HTC?
KWP #TrendWatch - It is revealed that movie star Robert Downey Jr. joins @SPECS as their "Chief Customer Experience Officer" - lending his celebrity towards promoting the #AR glasses platform. Will star-power be enough to push the $2,195 priced AR smart glasses consumer appeal?
#HistoryRepeating as the actor also signed with @HTC 13-years ago to promote their hopes for market share - will it work this time?
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KWP #TrendWatch - Latest #StingerReport - #1285
Third part of coverage from @IAAPA European expo, the massive growth of #Competitive_Socializing revealed from the show floor, along with a new trend in table-top gaming, and a big showing of Quiz gaming.
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KWP #TrendWatch – Opening to the public ‘VR Vikings Tromsø’ – the brand-new large-scale free-roam #LBE #VR experience in the heart of Tromsø, allowing guests to step into the world of legends based on Viking mythology – developed by @Glitch_Studio –covered in the #StingerReport.
KWP #TrendWatch– The #Robotsarecoming – have we not met before?
The #Skutters from the @RedDwarfHQ series seem to have been brought to life, as real #robotic helpers in a Chinese sorting facility.
KWP #TrendWatch – Leaked information of proposed lands for @Universal_United_Kingdom_Resort planned for 2031 opening – with ‘#Back_to_the_Future’, ‘#Waterworld’, ‘#Jurassic_Park’, ‘#Harry_Potter’, ‘#Minions’, ‘#Jaws’ and ‘#Paddington proposed as the big property draws.
KWP #TrendWatch – End of October sees @SandboxVR mark their 100th #VR facility with a flagship opening at Time Square, New York – the largest venue in the chain comprises six private VR arenas, along with a dedicated bar, and party rooms – an important milestone for the VR chain.
KWP #TrendWatch – New from @GENDA_GiGO_Entertainment, opening renovated Tokyo #GiGO facility now comprises DJ stage, craft beers and a wide selection of the latest #amusement as company experiments with new “Game, Music & Bar” layout – new design revealed in coming #StingerReport
KWP #TrendWatch – Major pivot by @Five_Iron_Golf who launched a licensing program called ‘Five Iron Lounge’ offering hotels, bars, restaurants, and other businesses to add their golf #simulator bays to these properties – first partner @BrewDog, Las Vegas brewery.
KWP #TrendWatch - Why Do Attractions Make People Travel? Theme Park Industry Trends Europe 2026 #IAAPA | Jakob Wahl
- Great observations from IAAPA president from the London expo and the wider market:
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KWP #TrendWarch - @Tesla unveils ‘flying’ sports car with @SpaceX rocket thrusters, though at the unveiling of the two-seater #Roadster, the company did not have an actual driver, as the company CEO stated "to make sure we don’t kill anyone”!
KWP #TrendWatch –#BlastfromthePast – Thirty Years on from the launch of @GameWorks, the fateful “Games, Drink, Music, Food” concept of @DreamWorks, @Universal and @SEGA offers important lessons from the past – See our previous coverage on the history
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KWP #TrendWatch - Latest #StingerReport - #1285
The second part of Stinger Report Coverage from @IAAPA European expo, we look at the state of #VR and #XR application within the industry, impacting the European market and beyond.
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