FreeRoaming #02 – Scaling Immersion: How Müzeverse Turned Istanbul into a VR Destination

Karen Cirillo

Müzeverse, now the main operator for immersive experiences in Istanbul and Türkiye, was engineered, step by step, in a city that had all the ingredients for immersive entertainment yet strangely few places to actually live it. In barely a couple of years, VR Future and its founders Virgile Mangiavillano and Fahad Rehman have turned a […]

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