where it all began...

We created REM5 in 2017 to bring premium virtual reality experiences to consumers, businesses, and students in Minneapolis. Every aspect of REM5 is built upon our passion for knocking down the existing accessibility barriers and allowing everyone a chance to play, explore, learn, and create in VR.

REM5 is a vertically-integrated, locally owned, immersive technology company that includes:

REM5 VR Lab - Our brick and mortar entertainment space in St. Louis Park
REM5 For Good - Using technology in k-12 education, corporate training, and beyond
REM5 STUDIOS - A full-service XR experience agency
SIMULACRA - The Metaverse. Simplified.​

About our name... Let's break it down

​REM
  • REM sleep - /ärˌēˈem ˌslēp/
  • noun
  • ​A kind of sleep that occurs at intervals during the night and is characterized by rapid eye movements, more dreaming and bodily movement, and faster pulse and breathing.
  • We naturally draw some parallels between dreaming and virtual reality experiences. To wake up, just take off the headset. 
 
5
  • Five - /fīv/
  • number
  • Equivalent to the sum of two and three; one more than four, or half of ten; 5.
  • The number 5 represents the number of senses a human has; sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.  Today, most virtual reality experiences that achieve full immersion only capture the first two.  What happens when VR captures 3, or 4 or even 5 … Matrix? Whoa, mind bender. 
 
Laboratory
  • lab·o·ra·to·ry - /ˈlabrəˌtôrē/
  • noun
  • A room or building equipped for scientific experiments, research, or teaching, or for the manufacture of drugs or chemicals.
  • We want to create a comfortable and accessible environment to connect a broad base of VR creators and VR users.  Being a laboratory gives us ultimate flexibility as we figure out what we want to be when we grow up.  ​