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Before You Show Up.

LAZRdojo is Winston-Salem's premier VR arcade and creative studio, operating in partnership with Ctrl V. We run 17 networked high-end PC VR stations with 200+ multiplayer titles, VR escape rooms, and creative experiences you won't find anywhere else in the Piedmont Triad.

But we're built on three connected ideas: PLAY (drop in for a session), CREATE (learn to build games and digital art with industry tools), and EARN (progress through memberships and unlock better rates). Most arcades let you play the games. We let you come back and build them.

Not at all. Most guests have never worn a VR headset before, and that's completely fine. Our staff walks every group through setup, controls, and safety before your session starts. Most people are playing comfortably within 5–10 minutes.

We recommend ages 8 and up. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. There is no upper age limit — VR is genuinely fun for all ages, and we have experiences appropriate for kids, teens, and adults.

Yes — every guest who plays needs a signed waiver. Anyone under 18 needs a parent or legal guardian to sign for them.

You can knock it out before you arrive, which saves time at the desk: sign your waiver here.

Plan on arriving about 10 minutes before your booked time. That gives us room to finish waivers, get headsets fitted and sanitized, and run your safety brief — so your paid session time is spent actually playing.

If you signed your waiver online ahead of time, you'll move through faster.

Comfortable clothes you can move in, and closed-toe shoes. You'll be standing, reaching, and turning in a play space, so skip anything restrictive.

• Glasses fit under our headsets — no need to swap to contacts
• Tie back long hair so it doesn't catch in the head strap
• Lockers or a spot for bags and jackets are available at the desk

Both work. Walk-ins are welcome whenever we have open stations — but on weekends and during school breaks, stations fill up, so booking ahead is the safer play.

There's also a money reason to book online: our bundle pricing is online-only and isn't available at the walk-in counter. A 20-pack drops your per-session cost from $39 to $24.

Book a play session →

We're at 280 Charlois Blvd, Suite 202, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 — near Hanes Mall, just off the Stratford Road shopping district. Parking is free and easy.

We regularly serve guests from Clemmons, Kernersville, Lewisville, High Point, and Greensboro.

Camp weeks, private events, and holiday workshops may shift these. Call (336) 502-9604 if you're making a special trip.

Some people are more motion-sensitive than others, and it's usually tied to the type of game rather than VR itself. Tell your mentor at check-in and they'll steer you toward comfortable, room-scale experiences instead of ones with artificial movement.

You can step out and take a break at any point. Most people who feel a little off in their first ten minutes are completely fine after adjusting.

This is the most common concern we hear — and non-gamers often enjoy VR more than expected, precisely because nothing is familiar. There's no gaming skill advantage. First-timers frequently end up as the biggest fans of the day.

Absolutely. Spectators are welcome and it's half the fun — watching someone flail at a zombie that isn't there is its own entertainment. Only players need a waiver and a paid session.

Members pay less on every single session type — that's the whole point of the tiers. See memberships and packages →

One full hour on the arcade floor with access to the entire library — 100+ games at your station, your pick. Every station runs on top-tier PC VR rigs: crystal visuals, no lag, no compromise.

Drop in alone, bring a buddy, or roll with friends in synced multiplayer. A mentor helps you suit up, pick the right game, and dial the experience to your skill level.

Quick Play is our pay-per-minute option with a 10-minute minimum — built for people who want to try VR without committing to a full hour. It's $10 walk-in, or $0.50 per minute for members.

Quick Play is walk-in only. It's the cheapest way to find out whether you're about to get obsessed.

A 30-minute booked slot — perfect for a lunch break, a quick trip, or a kid who runs out of steam before the hour mark. $30 walk-in, $12 for members.

Our escape rooms are fully immersive digital worlds that twist reality — 2 to 6 players, one hour, working together against the clock. They're $39 walk-in and $25 for members.

Booking note: escape rooms are booked as a Standard VR session, and you request the escape room experience when you arrive. That's by design — it lets our staff match your group to the right room and difficulty on the day.

Browse the escape rooms →

FreeRoam is untethered, full-floor multiplayer madness — up to 17 players in the same virtual space, battling each other for an hour. $35 walk-in, $30 for members.

It's coming soon. Hit the notify button on the memberships page and we'll tell you the moment it goes live.

Educational VR is immersive learning built for afterschool and homeschool students — one hour of VR plus a Create studio session. It's $60 walk-in, and drops to $15 for members, because it's part of the Create studio program rather than pure arcade time.

This is a Create booking, not a Play booking. Book an Educational VR / Create session →

We run 17 networked stations, so up to 17 people can be in VR simultaneously — and in supported titles, in the same game together. That's a setup nobody has at home, times seventeen.

Booking for 17 or more guests? Email arcade@lazrdojo.com with at least 24 hours' notice so we can hold the whole floor.

Yes. Sessions run in 30-minute slots — pick one game and go deep, swap partway through, or ask a mentor to run you through a curated mix. It's your hour.

200+ titles across action & shooters, escape & puzzle, party & family, creative & art, adventure & story, and sports & fitness. Beat Saber, Rec Room, Tilt Brush, multiplayer paintball, oil-painting experiences, and a deep bench beyond that.

• Games master list — the full library, with voting
• Ctrl Freak Games — premium arena titles and escape rooms
• Escape rooms guide

Yes — there's a full party & family category, plus creative and art experiences that work beautifully for kids who aren't into shooters. Tell the desk who's playing and we'll build the session around them.

A bundle is prepaid sessions. You buy once, use them whenever you like, they never expire, and you can share them with friends. No monthly commitment, no recurring charge.

A membership is monthly. It gets you unlimited VR on weekdays, a bucket of weekend minutes that varies by tier, and lower member pricing on every session type — escape rooms, short sessions, add-ons, all of it.

Rule of thumb: if you're coming a handful of times a year, buy a bundle. If you're coming most weeks, a membership pays for itself fast.

All bundles are Standard VR Station sessions (1 hour each), at $39 walk-in value:

Bundle pricing is online-only. These rates are not available at the walk-in counter.

Bundles never expire, and yes — you can share them with friends and family. Buy a 20-pack, bring four people, burn four sessions. It's the simplest way to cover a group without setting up a membership for everyone.

Every tier includes unlimited VR on weekdays. What changes between tiers is your weekend minute bucket, your overage rate, and the perks. Starting at just $10/month:

Compare all tiers side by side →

Rollover means unused minutes carry into your next billing cycle instead of vanishing. You never lose what you paid for.

The Dad tier ($49/mo) is the rollover tier. That's the entire pitch: it exists for people whose month occasionally gets away from them. Every other tier resets its minute bucket each billing cycle.

Ctrl Freaks is $5/week — our cheapest tier, and also the most competitive. It gets you the legacy $30/hr rate and Unlimited Fridays free while you hold the top spot on the weekly leaderboard.

Lose the lead, lose the perk. Win it back, get it back.

• 3-month commitment
• Limited availability — ask staff whether spots are open

• White Belt ($10) — you mostly come on weekdays and want member pricing without thinking about it
• Black Belt ($25) — two hours of weekend play, solid all-rounder
• Dad ($49) — same 480 minutes as Black Belt, but they roll over, plus 10% off add-ons
• Gamer ($89) — four weekend hours, priority booking, lowest overage rate
• Family ($149) — eight shared weekend hours across the household, plus a free birthday add-on
• Ctrl Freaks ($5/wk) — you're competitive and you're here on Fridays

Not sure? Ask staff about signing up today, or start with a single session and decide after.

Yes. Member pricing applies across the board:

• VR Escape Room — $39 walk-in → $25 member
• Educational VR — $60 walk-in → $15 member
• Short Session — $30 walk-in → $12 member
• Standard VR Station — $39 walk-in → $30 member

On the higher tiers, the savings on Educational VR alone can outrun the monthly fee.

Your monthly minute bucket covers weekend Standard VR Station time — that's what it's built for. Weekdays don't touch it at all, since weekdays are unlimited on every tier.

Escape Rooms and Educational VR are booked and priced separately at your member rate rather than drawn from minutes. Quick Play is a walk-in, per-minute product with its own member rate of $0.50/min.

Run out of minutes on a weekend? You keep playing at your tier's overage rate — $15/hr on Gamer and Family, $18/hr on Dad, $20/hr on Black Belt.

Individual memberships are tied to one person — the member rate is yours, not transferable at the desk.

If you want to cover a household, the Family tier ($149/mo) is built for exactly that: 1,200 minutes with 8 hours of shared weekend time across the family, unlimited weekdays, and a free birthday add-on.

If you just want to bring friends occasionally, buy a bundle instead — those are freely shareable.

PLAY memberships are arcade access — unlimited weekdays, weekend minutes, and member pricing. You're here to play.

CREATE paths are studio memberships. You get mentorship, project-based learning with Unity and Unreal, a workstation, and VR arcade access built into every visit. You're here to build.

They solve different problems. Plenty of people start on PLAY, get curious, and move over.

Yes — monthly PLAY memberships can be cancelled at any time, and you keep access through the end of the cycle you've already paid for.

The one exception is Ctrl Freaks, which carries a 3-month commitment in exchange for the $5/week rate.

To cancel, just contact us or talk to staff on your next visit.

The Dojo is a creative training ground for future game developers, digital artists, and innovators. Connected to our VR arcade and production studio, it gives students and indie creators access to professional-grade tools, mentorship, and real production experience.

We don't grade. We produce. Every learner builds projects, gets feedback, and refines the work until it meets professional standards. Whether you're 14 or 40, the Dojo turns creativity into skill — and skill into opportunity.

Instead of lectures and grades, we run a Producer Model: you make something → get feedback → improve it → launch it.

Students earn badges and ranks by producing tangible work and teaching others — the same way creative studios and game companies actually operate. You leave with a portfolio, not a report card.

• Teens (14–18) who love games, animation, art, or technology
• Adults (19+) looking to break into the game or digital art industries
• Teachers, college students, and community mentors who want to support local creators

No prior experience is required — only curiosity and commitment.

• Studio time to work on your project or learn new tools
• VR arcade time to create, test, or just have fun
• Access to mentors who guide you through Unity, Unreal, and visual art skills
• Optional challenges, game jams, and portfolio-building opportunities

Studio membership plus VR access, every single visit. No grades. Just real work.

Every plan includes studio equipment, mentorship, and VR sessions.

Explorer ($260) is the best per-visit value on the board at $33 — twice the creative time and mentorship of Starter for only $50 more. Momentum builds when you show up twice a week.

Starter ($210) is the honest entry point if you're testing whether this is for you. Builder and Creator are for serious learners who want compounding growth at near-daily frequency.

Master ($1,200) is the elite track: pre-built game asset frameworks, priority equipment access, and every project resource. It's for creators ready to publish — not just practice.

The same tools the pros use:

• Game engines: Unreal Engine 5, Unity 3D — and yes, we teach Roblox too
• Art & design: Adobe Creative Cloud, Wacom Cintiqs, Blender, Procreate
• VR & 3D creation: XR development tools, VR sculpting apps, Gravity Sketch, Sketchfab, and motion capture gear

We also explore how AI workflow, storytelling, and sound design fit into the creative pipeline.

Students can publish to game stores and asset marketplaces, showcase in Dojo exhibitions and tournaments, apply for certifications or internships, and even launch their own indie studio within the LAZR ecosystem.

Our mission is to build many thriving studios, not just one.

Yes — 180 total memberships. That's a hard cap, and it exists so every member gets real mentor attention and actual workspace instead of a seat in a crowded room.

Spots fill. If you're on the fence, ask staff how many are currently open.

Sessions run after school and on weekends. We also host holiday workshops, VR tournaments, and open studio nights for families and sponsors.

Full schedules post seasonally on the site and in our Discord.

We run our own learning platform — the LAZRdojo LMS — which maps your progress against industry-standard tracks including Unreal Online Learning and Unity Learn.

You advance by demonstrating effort and understanding, not by seat time. Badges and ranks reflect work you've actually produced.

Get started →

Yes. Our pathways run beginner to advanced using Unity, Unreal Engine, and Roblox, scaled specifically for middle and high school skill levels.

Students work on live projects and build portfolios that open real doors — hands-on STEM, STEAM, and digital arts focused on production skills, not just theory.

We do — private birthday parties with dedicated high-end VR stations, flexible packages, and everything needed to make the day unforgettable. Booking in advance is strongly recommended.

Family tier members get a free birthday add-on included with the membership.

Large-party bookings of 17+ guests go through email rather than the online scheduler, so we can coordinate the full floor.

Email arcade@lazrdojo.com with at least 24 hours' advance notice. Tell us your group size, ages, and your ideal date and time.

We'll build a custom package around your group, date, and budget. One important rule: custom packages must be paid within 24 hours of creation to hold the date. After that window the slot releases back to general booking.

Yes, and it goes well beyond trust falls and icebreakers. For companies of 8–20 people, VR team building works because it's genuinely different, fits a half-day format, and keeps everyone actively participating instead of standing around.

VR escape rooms are especially effective: 2–6 players per room, competitive between teams, and naturally communication-driven. We pair the VR challenges with creative labs and reflection sessions.

Yes. We can issue formal invoices for corporate bookings and work with purchase order processes for larger organizations.

Contact us directly at info@LAZRdojo.com rather than using the standard online booking flow.

Constantly. Summer camps, church groups, afterschool programs, and youth organizations — group rates start at $17 per camper.

Campers get 17 stations, 200+ games, escape rooms, and multiplayer chaos the whole group can play at once. Then they can come back and build it: Unity, Unreal, digital art, and 3D creation, some of it made by LAZRdojo students right here in Winston-Salem.

Multi-day bookings unlock the deepest discount and give campers the complete Play + Create loop. Plan a field trip →

Yes — a full STEAM gaming camp for ages 8–14, split into Junior (8–10) and Advanced (11–14) tracks where it matters. Every camper rotates through VR, creative lab, and Scratch coding every day, with a Friday showcase and paper-award ceremony that parents are invited to.

Summer 2026 runs six weeks:

• WK 01 · Level Up Lab — Jun 29 – Jul 3
• WK 02 · Pixel to Play — Jul 6 – Jul 10
• WK 03 · GameCraft — Jul 13 – Jul 17
• WK 04 · FuturePlay Lab — Jul 20 – Jul 24
• WK 05 · Co-Op Creators — Jul 27 – Jul 31
• WK 06 · From Player to Creator — Aug 3 – Aug 7

We also run PM Premium Boot Camps for ages 11+, including AI-and-craft workflow tracks and 3D creation in Gravity Sketch and Blender, with a public VR Gallery Night on Day 20.

See all camp programs →

Yes. LAZRdojo serves families, Title I schools, and community partners who want afterschool to mean purpose, creativity, and opportunity. We reimagine afterschool as a place students choose to be.

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Yes. Through our scholarship fund and upcoming Kickstarter, backers can:

• Vote on the type of game students build during the annual Game Jam
• Act as a Producer, sharing feedback and creative direction
• Sponsor student seats or new equipment for the studio

Every $10,000 raised adds another Threadripper workstation to the Dojo — directly expanding how many students we can serve.

Life happens. Reschedule or cancel a standard session through your booking confirmation email, or call us at (336) 502-9604, and we'll take care of it.

Custom packages and large-party bookings have their own terms — custom packages must be paid within 24 hours of creation to hold the date.

Bundles make excellent gifts — they never expire and they're freely shareable, so a 5- or 10-pack works as a gift with no expiry pressure.

Check the store for current gift options, or ask staff.

Tell us what you need before you come and we'll do our best to make it work — many VR experiences can be played seated, and our mentors can adapt sessions for a range of mobility and sensory needs.

Call (336) 502-9604 or email arcade01@LAZRdojo.com ahead of your visit so we can plan properly.

LAZRdojo operates a Ctrl V VR Arcade in partnership. Students can test their own creations in a live commercial VR environment and learn how entertainment venues actually run.

That partnership is the bridge between education, play, and production — it's what turns gaming into a gateway to learning and entrepreneurship rather than a dead end.

• Phone: (336) 502-9604
• General & arcade: arcade01@LAZRdojo.com
• Large parties (17+): arcade@lazrdojo.com
• Corporate & invoicing: info@LAZRdojo.com
• In person: 280 Charlois Blvd, Suite 202, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

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