Spaces, the virtual reality company launched in 2016 by former DreamWorks Animation executives, has raised an additional $6.5m in funding from China-based Songcheng Performances Development Company.

The funding, which comes on the heels of a previously announced $30m theme park joint venture with Songcheng, will see Spaces build VR-enabled, theme park attractions for its Chinese partners.

“Through our Spaces Parks and Attractions division, we’re fundamentally reimagining the theme park experience with stunning advances in VR technology,” said Spaces co-founder and CEO Shiraz Akmal.

“Together with our Songcheng joint venture, this new capital expands our efforts to create entirely new kinds of VR-enabled destinations.”

Co-founder and CTO Brad Herman added: “It’s exciting to be at the centre of the convergence of creativity, technology and theme parks. The future of VR and mixed reality will bring to life immersive experiences on a grand scale.”

Spaces and Songcheng plan to announce details about their theme park projects soon. Songcheng is one of the world’s biggest theme park operators, with annual attendance of more than 23 million visitors in 2015, according to data from the Themed Entertainment Association.

Spaces also announced that it has named former DreamWorks Animation CFO Fazal Merchant; Comcast Ventures’ managing director Michael Yang; and Ethan Wang, general manager of Songcheng Technology, to serve on its newly established board of directors.

“Spaces is poised for unprecedented opportunity in the global theme-park market,” Yang said. “I look forward to helping the team navigate the quickly growing VR entertainment space as a board member and investor.”

Based in Los Angeles, Spaces takes its name from the base unit of virtual reality – a ‘space’ – and boasts one of the most accomplished teams in the VR industry, with artists, designers and programmers from film, television, video games, visual effects, theme parks and animation.