Astrea, the studio and writer behind a number of VR narrative experiences, together with Spheres, Astra, and Cell Go well with Gundam: Silver Phantom, has launched an interactive VR expertise on Quest and PC VR headsets that enables you to embody passengers on a practice, and assist them face pivotal moments of their lives.
Referred to as The Passengers, the 4 chapter, 40-minute interactive expertise means that you can change into considered one of 4 characters, experiencing their inner monologues and interacting with the atmosphere with each your fingers and voice.
Developed by Canada-based studio Couzin Movies and France-based Les Produits Frais, The Passengers tells every story with a wide range of types, providing completely different visuals comparable to oil paint, watercolor, pencil, coloured pencils, and immersive video.
“On this expertise, you could be every one of many 4 passengers who all have their very own private quest. The course of every story is affected in line with what they are saying, the place they appear, and what they do with their fingers. You might be one deciding all of that. The characters have been created by volumetrically scanning the 4 actors. They have been then rigged and animated by means of movement seize.”
Whereas The Passengers is new to shopper headsets, it’s really been on the worldwide competition circuit since 2021 shortly after its completion.
The expertise gained the Finest Immersive Expertise – Fiction award on the Canadian Display screen Awards (2022), and was chosen as a finalist on the Prix Gémeaux (2022), Prix Numix (2021) and the VR Expertise of the 12 months on the VR Awards (2021).
You’ll find The Passengers on the Horizon Retailer for Quest 2 and above, and Steam for PC VR headsets, priced at $5.
