Arcade Strange

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Exhibition stand entertainment and trade show inventions. Serious results.

Homer — Our mind-controlled drinks-pouring robot. Guest concentrates, robot pours.

Turn your empty stand into a crowd.

Most stands rely on sales teams waiting for people to walk by, armed with the usual branded giveaways. Homer gives visitors a reason to stop. A crowd forms around the challenge, giving your team time to start conversations while people wait for their turn.

  • Pulls passing visitors into the stand
  • Gives your sales team more time for natural conversations
  • Every player captured as a contact and exported the same day
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Most booked for a trade showHomer

Booked by teams at

  • Sage
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Zendesk
  • Proofpoint
  • Global Relay
  • Wunderkind
  • Tipalti
  • Commvault
  • Dataiku
  • Dremio
  • Storyblok
  • Infoblox
  • Informa
  • Cyera
  • Sigma
  • BlackRock
  • Kore.ai
  • Softcat
  • Tamr
  • Shoptalk
  • Sponge
  • Tessian

300+ Percent increase in footfall

120–150 players per show day, on a single robot

120-150 leads per day from a single robot

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Homer

Our mind-controlled drinks-pouring robot. Guest concentrates, robot pours.

Turn your empty stand into a crowd.

A mind-controlled drinks pouring robot that turns your stand into a crowd of engaged visitors.

Most stands rely on sales teams waiting for people to walk by, armed with the usual branded giveaways. Homer gives visitors a reason to stop. A crowd forms around the challenge, giving your team time to start conversations while people wait for their turn.

  • Pulls visitors off the aisle
  • Creates a natural queue around your stand
  • Gives your sales team time with engaged visitors
  • Turns your message into an experience, not another giveaway
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Turn your giveaway into a challenge.
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MindVault

Crack three locks with your mind before time runs out.

Turn your giveaway into a challenge.

Pulls visitors off the aisleTurns a giveaway into an experience
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Make them earn the swag.
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Earnie

A gamified prize vending machine controlled by mind or movement.

Make them earn the swag.

Turns branded swag into active participationGives visitors a reason to stop and stay
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Give your VIPs the power to pour.
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Matilda

Our gesture-controlled champagne pouring robot. Raise a hand and champagne arrives.

Give your VIPs the power to pour.

Creates a premium VIP experience on your standGives important guests a memorable reason to engage
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Make something huge. Draw a crowd.
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Supersize

A large-screen game controlled entirely by the power of your mind.

Make something huge. Draw a crowd.

Visible across the venueCreates a natural crowd around your stand
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Talk your way to the swag.
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Polly

A conversational prize vending machine hosted by a bespoke AI character — a new personality written for every brand.

Talk your way to the swag.

Makes visitors earn the swagTurns giveaways into memorable conversations
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Results

Proven at trade show events

How Sage turned the entrance to Accountex into a queue

Sage · Accountex London 2025 · ExCeL London, UK

How Sage turned the entrance to Accountex into a queue

At Accountex London 2025, Sage put Supersize at the entrance to ExCeL and gave arriving visitors a mind-controlled challenge that was almost impossible to walk past.

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Participants
2
Days
Continuous
Queues
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AIVA for All In Place at Accountex

All In Place · Accountex · London

AIVA for All In Place at Accountex

An AI accountant who rewards human-first advice with a free drink — and helped All In Place quadruple their Accountex leads.

“We wanted our stand at Accountex to really stand out, and Arcade Strange delivered exactly what we were after. AiVA gave visitors something genuinely unique and fun to do, and something that actually said what we do as a business, not just a gimmick bolted onto a stand. We 4x'd our lead generation at Accountex compared to the year before, and the quality of conversations it started was even better than the numbers suggest. What impressed me just as much was the team behind it. They were fantastic to work with from the first brief through to the show floor, put in a serious shift over the two days, delivered everything on time, and went the extra mile whenever we needed them to. We'd work with Arcade Strange again in a heartbeat.”
Richard Bertin, Founder and CEO, All In Place
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How Storyblok turned content debt into a test of focus at OMR Festival

Storyblok · OMR Festival

How Storyblok turned content debt into a test of focus at OMR Festival

Storyblok paired a serious global research report on "Content Debt" with a mind-controlled robotic activation to create an unforgettable brand experience at a major digital festival.

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    We run it on the day

    Our crew delivers, builds, hosts and packs away. You get the footage, the leads and the reaction.

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