Alien: Covenant Will Have a VR Experience
Steve Barton
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Virtual reality is finally coming into its own technology-wise with a vast assortment of rigs on the market right now, including one for PlayStation 4, and the content has been free-flowing. One property that’s ripe for the picking in terms of a VR experience is Alien, and one is well on its way!
THR is reporting that The Fox Innovation Lab at Twentieth Century Fox, Ridley Scott and his RSA Films, and Technicolor-owned MPC VR plan to take viewers on a “dread-inducing journey” to the Alien universe by developing a virtual reality experience for Fox’s upcoming Alien: Covenant.
The participants tease that through the project, which will be executive produced by Scott and directed by David Karlak, “Viewers will discover the true meaning of terror as they navigate through horrifying alien environments and a story where every decision could mean the difference between life and death.”
The Fox Innovation Lab is the studio’s research and development center for advancing technology such as virtual reality. It completed and recently released its first commercial VR project, The Martian VR Experience, which was executive produced by Scott and directed by Robert Stromberg, working with Scott’s RSA Films and Stromberg’s The Virtual Reality Company. That roughly 20-minute interactive experience debuted last January at CES, so it’s fitting that their follow-up would be announced this week, with CES about to begin and VR expected to have a notable presence.
Can anyone say… VR Chestburster sequence? I can so I’ll be sitting here wearing my goggles patiently. Thanks.
The cast of Alien: Covenant includes Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, Benjamin Rigby, James Franco, and Noomi Rapace. It is directed by Ridley Scott.
Look for the film in theaters on May 19, 2017.
Synopsis:
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.
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