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title: Sandbox VR
description: That’s what Sandbox VR is serving up, leaving people wide-eyed. Sandbox offers an immersive, full-body experience that focuses on a social game priced at $48 for a half-hour session.
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# [Sandbox VR](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/signals/signal/sandbox-vr)

 Written by [Aja Frost @ajavuu](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/signals/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) | Nov 27, 2019 11:52:22 AM

**Sandbox VR**

"Buy experiences, not things,” they say. OK, chief. How about a dose of some multiplayer VR?

That’s what [Sandbox VR](https://trends.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3f7cb66d0ac9656fb4719d6a6&id=26a62423d3&e=96f477b3f0) is serving up, leaving people wide-eyed. Sandbox offers an immersive, full-body experience that focuses on a social game priced at $48 for a half-hour session.

The company is a trifecta -- building their own tech and content and operating retail spaces. Plus, their NPS is (pre 2015) Apple-level: over 70.

***What’s next?*** *Where other entertainment companies are struggling -- Dave & Buster’s took a*[ *21% hit earlier this year*](https://trends.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3f7cb66d0ac9656fb4719d6a6&id=271c6f501a&e=96f477b3f0)* -- Sandbox VR got a $68m Series A and an $11m follow-on round from a*[ *suite of A-listers*](https://trends.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3f7cb66d0ac9656fb4719d6a6&id=4f67521fdf&e=96f477b3f0)*, including Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry.*

*(If you’re wondering how they did it, they set up a pop-up.) With 3 locations in the Americas, Sandbox will be expanding to 16 by the end of 2020. Sandbox’s founder Steve Zhao has ambition to create a*[ *“new movie industry.”*](https://trends.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3f7cb66d0ac9656fb4719d6a6&id=3cd5fc8684&e=96f477b3f0)

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