Tips:
- Bring a pair of socks. You need to leave your footwear on the rack between the two doors before you enter the arena to play. It's better than playing barefoot!
- There are places to sit down and charge your phone when you walk in.
- There's a washroom towards the back of the room.
A Yelp event last month introduced me to Another World VR Arena in Vaughan. This business is in a plaza to the west of a Tim Hortons that I like on Highway 7. Both businesses are east of Keele Street.
I returned to ask about pricing for both birthday parties and corporate events.
To play in the arena VR, it's $44.99 per person Monday through Thursday. If you're doing Friday through Sunday, the price jumps to $49.99 per person.
Pricing for birthday parties and corporate events are similar for the first two party packages.
Party package 1 consists of a two-hour reservation with 45 minutes of play. The place is flexible with party size. It also has food and drink packages. It also allows your bringing your own. This package is $599.
Party package 2 is similar, except that you get a three-hour reservation with 1.5 hours of game play.
The corporate event has party package 3. It gives you a four-hour reservation with two hours of game play.
I dropped by after work on Wednesday. I was driving westbound. I had no problem doing a u-turn on Highway 7 at Bowes Road, and then hanging a right into the plaza.
There was lots of parking. I pulled into a spot. I then put my socks on, followed by my sandals and headed over to the place.
Staff were friendly and welcoming. A male staffer approached me and asked if I had filled out the waiver. I had online. I gave them my name and they found my completed waiver. Yay!
We were a group of five. We got to watch a how-to video. It was detailed and perhaps a bit lengthy for an introduction on what elements are a part of every game. The male voice narrating was also super annoying with a weird accent-intonation combo.
Staff were great helping us put on our VR headset and controllers for gestures, shooting, and more. The male staffer who asked about my waiver also helped put on my goggles, making sure that they were snug, but comfortable. He also looped the controller straps by having me make fists with my hands. He let me know which triggers to use for shooting.
I enjoyed the first game. It was a nice introduction to our little group of five folks. We ended up shooting one another, travelling up and down buildings, and getting more tools by touching a treasure chest and collecting whatever tools were available.
I don't think the other folks knew that accessing the treasure chest was valuable. Shooting them was fun. It was even better when I got a shield from this treasure chest. I got to block their shots and shoot them to death.
If you enjoy relieving stress in a virtual environment, try VR gaming. It's so fun.
The next game was all of us working as a team to kill zombies. OMG! I didn't think that I could have even MORE fun, but I did!
If you die in this game, others can revive you by touching you on your shoulder. At one point, a giant elephant killed our entire team a couple of times. We had to head over to a marked yellow area on the floor to be revived as a group.
It was nice to work as a team to kill zombies. It was a fun, immersive experience. I had a blast, virtually, and more!
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