{"id":102120,"date":"2025-10-24T19:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/102120\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T19:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:50:07","slug":"immersive-experiences-studio-wevr-opens-euro-base-in-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/102120\/","title":{"rendered":"Immersive Experiences Studio Wevr Opens Euro Base In Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Immersive experiences production studio <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/wevr\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wevr\" data-tag=\"wevr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wevr<\/a>, which counts Warner Bros Discovery among its investors, has opened a European office in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/malta\/\" id=\"auto-tag_malta\" data-tag=\"malta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWevr co-founder and CEO Neville Spiteri said the base meant his company was \u201cpositioned to bridge U.S. and EU talent, advancing the frontier of global <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/immersive-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_immersive-entertainment\" data-tag=\"immersive-entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">immersive entertainment<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Venice Beach-based studio, which focuses on developing and producing immersive experiences out of L.A., will establish a talent residency program in Malta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWevr is known for social experiences such as The Blu, in which teams of up to six people don VR headsets and travel to undersea world on an extraordinary mission to rescue endangered blue whales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMalta is known for its close ties with Hollywood. Pics such as Gladiator and series including Game of Thrones have shot there, taking advantage of the favorable tax rebate system and production hubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWevr is partnering with Malta Enterprise, Gaming Malta and the Malta Film Commission to attract an international pool of artists, designers and developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cMalta is thrilled to welcome Wevr,\u201d said George Gregory, CEO of Malta Enterprise. \u201cOur robust incentives and infrastructure empower innovative ventures, and Wevr\u2019s presence will elevate Malta\u2019s role in next-generation entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWevr\u2019s decision to establish its EU studio in Malta is a clear vote of confidence in our growing creative and digital industries,\u201d added Silvio Schembri, Malta\u2019s Minister for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects. \u201cBy bringing together Wevr\u2019s world-class expertise with Malta\u2019s dynamic ecosystem across film, videogaming, and digital media, we are creating new high-quality jobs, developing local talent, and opening up fresh opportunities for our young creatives and entrepreneurs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Immersive experiences production studio Wevr, which counts Warner Bros Discovery among its investors, has opened a European&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[61,63212,60,63213,80,210,211,212,63214],"class_list":{"0":"post-102120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-immersive-entertainment","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-malta","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-virtual-reality","14":"tag-virtualreality","15":"tag-vr","16":"tag-wevr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}