EP83 Bob Cooney's Virtual Reality Deep Dive - Preston Lewis of Blackbox VR (Part 2)

Black Box VR is the world’s first virtual reality Full-body fitness gym. Founded in 2016 by Ryan Deluca and Preston Lewis the fitness fanatics and entrepreneurs behind Bodybuilding.com.  Their mission is to disrupt the fitness industry by creating innovative products and experiences that create lasting change is people’s lives. In this episode, Bob will be talking with Preston Lewis, one of the founders, about the challenges of building a full stack location-based VR business with custom hardware and software, operating at retail and much more. Let’s dive in! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: How are they finding using CleanBox technology for cleaning VR headsets How are they keeping their headsets from fogging up Why their opened their first location in San Francisco Are they looking to franchise Black Box VR What’s been the traction of Black Box VR in San Francisco How many people Black Box VR is attracting just because it’s a VR experience What’s the conversion rate of people coming to try the VR gym and people staying as customers What is Black Box VR team struggling with in their business What is the compulsion loop? Black Box VR website: https://www.blackbox-vr.com/ Preston’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/prestonjohnlewis Listen to PART 1 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP82-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Preston-Lewis-of-Blackbox-VR-Part-1-efnvu5