# Technological Escape Rooms The Reason Escape Room is Tailored to Businesses By Joey Haar | Published 2017-06-23 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/reason-escape-room References: [tech.co](https://tech.co/escape-rooms-new-team-building-craze-2017-06) & [tryreason](https://www.tryreason.com/) Over the past few years, escape rooms have moved from video games to niche activities to a bona fide phenomenon, and the Reason escape room in San Francisco is hoping to channel the activity back towards a more specific purpose. The experiential business makes use of cutting edge technology to provide an [escape room experience](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-room-by-gentle-monster) tailored towards team-building for businesses. Reason's escape rooms are designed to encourage [strategic thinking and problem solving](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elephant-in-the-room1) — qualities that businesses prize in their employees. Beyond those individual traits, though, the biggest benefit of escape rooms is that they're always [team experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remote-activities-library). They put people — in this case employees in the same company — into new situations that force them to work together more intimately than they might otherwise. The Reason escape room capitalizes on that experience for businesses. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.6/10 - Popularity: 5% | Activity: 5% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Technological Escape Rooms:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop immersive and high-tech escape room experiences for team-building purposes. - **Cutting Edge Technology for Team-building:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create innovative tech solutions that enhance team-building activities in businesses. - **Escape Rooms for Business Development:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design escape rooms specifically catered to the needs of businesses, fostering collaboration and problem-solving skills. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Entertainment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Transform traditional escape rooms into advanced entertainment experiences using technology. - **Technology:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop cutting edge technology applications that can enhance corporate team-building activities. - **Business Consulting:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Offer specialized consulting services for companies to design and integrate escape room experiences as part of their team-building strategies. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Futuristic Escape Room Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cun-panda.md) - [Mobile Escape Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/phone-escape-hopeless.md) - [Lego-Themed Escape Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/legothemed-escape-rooms.md) - [Virtual Escape Room Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/masters-of-mysterys-help-save-christmas.md) - [Corporate Team Building Parties](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/team-building-activities-toronto.md) - [Floating Escape Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/floating-escape-room.md) - [Fragrance-Focused Escape Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/perfume-themed-escape-room.md) - [Racing Strategy Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/escape-road.md) - [Antihero Escape Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/deadpool-wolverine2.md)