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Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant to get the virtual reality treatment

Twentieth Century Fox have announced that Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant is set to get the Virtual Reality treatment. The studio will team with FoxNext VR Studio, RSA VR, MPC VR, a Technicolor company, Mach1 and technology partners AMD RADEON and DELL for Alien: Covenant In Utero, a virtual reality experience available on the Oculus platform.

Produced by Ridley Scott and directed by David Karlak, Alien: Covenant In Utero is a 360-degree virtual reality journey into a living nightmare that offers a terrifyingly close and personal encounter as an alien Neomorph at the time of its birth. Fans will be able to experience the world around them and relive the very first memories of the Neomorph in an immersive environment.

“With the In Utero experience, audience participation is taken to a whole new level. You get to be a Neomorph, exploring what’s happening around you and within you,” said Ridley Scott.

“Before I even touched a camera, Alien was a movie that set me on my journey. The film provoked me and opened my eyes to a new level of cinematic immersion. I feel very privileged to be directing Alien: Covenant In Utero and building upon the universe that Ridley has created. Tapping into both traditional storytelling and the emerging technology driving virtual reality, my aim has been to do something new and bold, which Ridley has supported from the beginning,” added Karlak.

People can check out the 360 video on the Oculus platform now. It will be available in the Oculus Video app on the Oculus Rift or the Samsung Gear VR, powered by Oculus. There will also be a 360 trailer of the experience available on Facebook.

MPC – a Technicolor company – is the award-winning VFX studio that created the special effects for Alien: Covenant, the movie.  As the teams worked on set, the virtual reality unit of MPC – MPC VR – simultaneously developed the immersive experience. Assets for the film were immediately applied to the production of theAlien: Covenant In Utero project. Additionally, the motion capture work for the piece was done at the Technicolor Experience Center (TEC).  Through the development process of this virtual reality experience, MPC has utilized both AMD RYZEN and RADEON technologies based within DELL Inspiron systems.

 

In an effort to bring these types of virtual reality experiences to the masses, AMD has teamed with Alienware and Oculus Rift to expand the consumer’s experience with virtual reality via a tour planned at 15 Regal Cinemas.

Here’s a little taster.

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