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make.co
Sam Mateosian
VR-CADE
INSTAGRAM.COM/SEMATEOS
William Cenoté
Sam Mateosian, founder of the venture-backed
Yarn Corporation, is the self-described “creative
technologist” of the Spacebar Arcade — a
virtual reality arcade experience accessed and
accentuated by a giant real-world arcade cabinet.
Assembling and transporting the 16-foot-tall
wood cabinet is easier than it seems, as it splits
into two roughly 8-foot cubic sections that fit in
Mateosian’s garage studio or a small U-Haul
trailer. Despite its impressive size and profile, the
cabinet’s primary purpose is to attract curiosity
— the real value of the Spacebar Arcade is the
digital ...