Cell Go well with Gundam: Silver Phantom obtained a brand new trailer, and we spoke with Atlas V to study extra.
Beforehand introduced final November, Cell Go well with Gundam: Silver Phantom is a VR interactive anime movie with an unique story. Set three years after Char’s Counterattack within the Common Century 0096, it guarantees battles in outer house with acquainted cellular fits. Bandai Namco Filmworks and Atlas V launched a brand new trailer, giving us our first have a look at the brand new pilot characters.
Throughout GDC 2024, UploadVR spoke with Michael Masukawa, VP of Enterprise Improvement, Technique, and Partnerships at Atlas V, in a brief face-to-face interview. When requested how this undertaking started, Masukawa knowledgeable me that Meta helped Atlas V determine IPs they believed would resonate with the VR viewers.
“We made it a mission to sort out some Japanese anime IP and Cell Go well with Gundam is without doubt one of the largest, if not the most important, anime of all time. When you’re a fan of that sequence, that universe, these characters, you would possibly see some individuals you acknowledge,” Masukawa tells me.
When requested how this differs from earlier Gundam VR experiences like Char’s Sortie and Daiba Assault, Masukawa emphasizes this can be a “extremely cinematic, extremely narrative” expertise with moments of interactivity. Drawing parallels with Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway, I am instructed it is “extra narrative than it’s interactive” in comparison with Aardman’s current adaptation.
After I questioned what is the distinction between an interactive film and a extra cinematic VR sport, Masukawa pointed to the sense of immersion and scale “that is solely attainable in VR.”
With Silver Phantom’s interactivity, Masukawa says there shall be first-person gameplay wherein you play an unique character.
“He may be on an area station, on a ship, or doing different issues. You get to go round, do completely different actions to advance the story, and actually really feel that you’re a a part of this. No matter stakes there are, that rests in your shoulders.”
Cell Go well with Gundam: Silver Phantom will attain the Meta Quest platform in 2024.
