Journey, a NYC-based innovation and design agency, acquired Squint/Opera, a London, UK-based creative agency which bridges the worlds of architecture, design, media, and technology to produce compelling narrative driven immersive experiences in physical and virtual worlds.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Squint/Opera’s expertise combined with Journey’s capabilities in physical, spatial voice, gaming and metaverse design provides a combination of talent focused on the creation of new 3D experiences.
Led by Julius Coke, CEO, Squint/Opera are experts at blending digital media with physical reality. Using narrative, they help clients craft digital content that can communicate, enhance or immerse an audience. Founded in London in 2001, they have delivered projects in every corner of the globe for a wide array of clients across architecture, government, real estate, museums and attractions. These include the Observatory at The Empire State Building, King Kong ducks from biplanes, the soon-to-open Oman Across Ages Museum in Oman, Bordeaux wine museum, and the V&A Videogames exhibition in London.
In addition, Squint/Opera has created virtual worlds and digital experiences in collaboration with some of the leading architecture practices in the world, for example Toyota Woven City with the Bjarke Ingels Group, and Hot Heart with Carlo Ratti Associati. Squint/Opera is a leader in using Unreal Engine, part of Epic Games, to create large scale virtual twins of future cities, as well as employing Virtual Production techniques to create filmic visions of places and industries, such as the Hospital of the Future.
Led by Andy Zimmerman, CEO, Journey includes leading studios in the physical (ICRAVE), voice (Skilled Creative), and metaverse/gaming/Web3 (Future Intelligence Group and TheDevHouseAgency). Clients include Walmart, Clinique, Entertainment Weekly, HBO, JetBlue, Marquee Nightclub, STK, Warner Music Group, MoMA, Procter & Gamble, Wall Street Journal, Sloan Kettering, and more.
Founded in 2022, the agency is backed by Growth Catalyst Partners, Journey and has studios in New York, London, Dallas, Miami, Costa Rica and Dubai.
FinSMEs
01/11/2022