As consumer virtual reality headsets hit the shelves, experiences that were once limited to film festivals and tech shows are becoming at least a little bit more widely available. And the latest to do so is a tie-in project for Ridley Scott’s 2015 film The Martian, which will appear tomorrow on the HTC Vive and Sony’s PlayStation VR.
The Martian VR Experience is executive produced by Scott and directed by Maleficent’s Robert Stromberg. It’s an interactive take on The Martian that lets players inhabit protagonist Mark Watney during specific scenes from the film, doing things like driving a Mars rover and flying in zero gravity. We tried (and thoroughly enjoyed) an early version at this year’s CES, and it later appeared at the Sundance...
via The Verge
