Banijay is launching the Black Mirror Experience, beginning with Montreal in Might with extra places to be introduced sooner or later. Particularly, will probably be produced by Banijay Reside Studio, the brand new subsidiary of the manufacturing firm that owns Black Mirror, in partnership with VR agency Univrse. The studio describes it as an interactive digital actuality expertise that blends “bodily area and VR… designed to blur the strains of fiction and actuality through which you develop into the primary character.” Whereas it’s primarily based on the hit TV present, you apparently don’t want any prior data of the sequence to have the ability to take pleasure in it.
The expertise, which can span 60 minutes, can accommodate one particular person and teams of as much as six individuals. Gamers 12-years-old and above are welcome to take part. It places the gamers within the showroom of a fictional tech large referred to as Phaethon that’s unveiling the LifeAgent, a robotic AI companion that’s alleged to make their homeowners’ life simpler. LifeAgent does a full-body scan of its proprietor so it might know their wants earlier than they do. However in true Black Mirror trend, “as soon as it sees by means of [their] eyes, it is aware of precisely tips on how to assist… whether or not [they] requested it to or not.”
You possibly can participate within the occasion at Infinity Experiences in Montreal, the place you’ll have the ability to play it in French, English and Spanish.