The essence of Frontgrid began with our founder and CEO Matt Wells. His background includes a varied and accomplished career as an engineer and paratrooper in the British Army, a mountain/expedition leader, and an entrepreneur and business leader across multiple industry sectors. During his military service, he discovered the exhilaration and sense of freedom that comes from parachuting and being outdoors, along with the profound rewards both bring. Inspired by these experiences, he became passionate about making them accessible to everyone, but in a safe and controlled environment. With a vision to combine motion engineering and virtual reality to create the sensation of flight under canopy, ParadropVR was born.

The first ParadropVR installation at Universe Science Park, Denmark opened in 2017. Frontgrid now has a global footprint with installations in 15 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, featured in locations ranging from indoor theme parks, shopping malls, hotels and resorts, to tourist destinations and tall towers. Thanks to our partners and the creativity and hard work of our team, millions of people have experienced the thrill of flight.

Building on our success, we are now pushing the boundaries of technology to produce custom designed, innovative installations for a diverse range of leading brands and clients worldwide. As well as arcade games and imaginary environments, we have built location-based flying attractions with custom content, including city-based environments from Bangkok’s largest skyscraper to a simulated military airborne raid over the mountains for the National Infantry Museum USA.