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Dreamscape Immersive

Immersive & Virtual Production
Open roles
0
Founded
2016
Employees
51-200
Offices
3

About Dreamscape Immersive

Dreamscape Immersive is an American entertainment and technology company founded in 2016 that creates story-driven, full-roam virtual reality experiences. Its work combines cinematic storytelling, interactive environments and physical staging for location-based entertainment, cultural installations and enterprise applications. The company brings together filmmaking, live entertainment, motion capture and immersive platform engineering.

Its experiences place participants inside shared virtual worlds where they can move through a physical space and see one another as animated avatars. Real-world props, tactile surfaces and environmental effects connect the digital narrative to the room around them. This approach supports adventures designed around exploration, cooperation and a sense of physical presence.

Experiences and capabilities

Dreamscape develops original experiences and adaptations of established entertainment properties. Its portfolio includes Alien Zoo, Curse of the Lost Pearl: A Magic Projector Adventure, DreamWorks Dragons Flight Academy and Men in Black: First Assignment. Collaborations include The Blu: Deep Rescue with Wevr and two Harry Potter experiences created with WarnerMedia and Wevr for the Harry Potter New York flagship store.

The company's capabilities extend from experience design and production to platform engineering, full-body tracking integration and sensory staging. It combines real-time motion capture, multi-user avatar rendering, haptic effects and interactive narrative within installations designed for shared participation. Its projects also extend beyond fictional adventures: Geneva 1850: A Journey Through Time recreated a historical setting with Fondation Artanim and the City of Geneva, while The House of Wonders brought immersive storytelling to a 2025 collaboration with Audemars Piguet.

Development and direction

Dreamscape launched its first flagship consumer venue in Los Angeles in 2018 and subsequently expanded through cinema and retail partnerships. Following closures across much of that venue network between 2023 and 2025, it continued developing immersive software and technology infrastructure for commercial, cultural and educational partners.

Education has become an important part of its wider business through Dreamscape Learn, a distinct venture launched with Arizona State University. Dreamscape Immersive also continues licensing its entertainment platform internationally and developing bespoke installations.

More about Dreamscape Immersive

Founders and leadership

The five co-founders are Walter F. Parkes, Kevin Wall, Sylvain Chagué, Dr. Caecilia Charbonnier and Ronald Menzel. The research dated October 2026 identifies Parkes as Co-Chairman and CEO, Wall as Co-Chairman, Chagué as CTO, Charbonnier as Chief Innovation Officer and Menzel as CSO. Aaron Grosky serves as President and COO, and Deborah Medrano as CFO. Bruce Vaughn previously served as CEO.

Tracking technology

Dreamscape's proprietary sparse-capture system originated in Artanim's Real Virtuality research. It tracks participants' hands, feet, head and back to animate articulated avatars. The reported configuration accommodates up to six untethered participants sharing a physical room, with wind, mist and vibration reinforcing the virtual environment.

Early backing

The venture attracted more than $40 million in funding from entertainment and institutional backers, including Steven Spielberg, Hans Zimmer, Warner Bros., 21st Century Fox, IMAX, Nickelodeon, AMC Theatres and Majid Al Futtaim. It emerged from stealth mode in February 2017.

Notable credits

9 credits
  • Alien Zoo
  • The Blu: Deep Rescue
  • Curse of the Lost Pearl: A Magic Projector Adventure
  • DreamWorks Dragons Flight Academy
  • Men in Black: First Assignment
  • Harry Potter: Chaos at Hogwarts
  • Harry Potter: Wizards Take Flight
  • Geneva 1850: A Journey Through Time
  • The House of Wonders

Offices

Current and former locations of Dreamscape Immersive

9 locations
  • Culver City offices

    Headquarters
    Culver City, California, United States
    About this office

    **Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 8740 Washington Blvd, Suite B, Culver City, CA 90232 Corporate headquarters and engineering office. --- **Office** Status: active Address: 5730 Buckingham Pkwy, Culver City, CA 90230 Innovation lab and campus; also shared with the separately operated Dreamscape Learn venture.

  • Riyadh office

    Riyadh Park Mall, Level 1, adjacent to VOX Cinemas, Northern Ring Branch Road, RiyadhRiyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia

    Opened 2022

    Licensed Dreamscape commercial venue operated in partnership with Majid Al Futtaim / VOX Cinemas.

  • Paramus office

    Westfield Garden State Plaza, ParamusParamus, New Jersey, United States

    Opened 2021

    Consumer venue opened in 2021. The report does not establish an individual closure date or closure outcome for these premises.

  • Geneva office

    Former office
    Confédération Centre, Rue de la Confédération 6–10, 1204 GenevaGeneva, Switzerland

    Opened 2022 · Closed 2025

    Former European venue in the basement of Confédération Centre; permanently closed December 28, 2025.

  • Dubai office

    Former office
    Mall of the Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Rd, DubaiDubai, United Arab Emirates

    Opened 2020 · Closed 2023

    Former international venue launched through Majid Al Futtaim; permanently closed in June 2023.

  • Columbus office

    Former office
    AMC Easton Town Center 30, Easton Town Center, Columbus, OH 43219Columbus, Ohio, United States

    Opened 2020 · Closed 2023

    Former AMC multiplex venue; opened February 28, 2020 and permanently closed in May 2023.

  • Dallas office

    Former office
    NorthPark Center, DallasDallas, Texas, United States

    Opened 2019 · Closed 2023

    Former Texas venue; closed January 2023.

  • Los Angeles office

    Former office
    Westfield Century City Mall, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067Los Angeles, California, United States

    Opened 2018 · Closed 2024

    Former flagship consumer venue; permanently closed March 11, 2024.

  • New York office

    Former office
    Harry Potter New York Flagship Store, 935 Broadway, New York, NY 10010New York, United States

    Opened 2021 · Closed 2023

    Former attraction operating Chaos at Hogwarts and Wizards Take Flight; closed in early 2023.

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