Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab – Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation

July 13, 2018

‘Rick & Morty VR’, ‘Coco VR’, ‘Blade Runner 2049 VR’ & More Nominated for Emmys

The 70th Annual Emmy Awards are nearly here, and the nomination list is out. Seven pieces of VR content have made the cut, including big names such as Rick And Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), Coco VR (2017), Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab (2017), and Spider-Man Homecoming VR Experience (2017) to name a few.

VR games, experiences and 360 video have found their way into two categories in particular—’Outstanding Original Interactive Program’ and ‘Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within A Scripted Program’.

The list below highlights VR content represented in both categories. Check out the full list here, which includes all other nominees.

The Emmy Awards will air live on NBC Monday, September 17th at 8PM ET (local time here). Without further ado, here’s all the VR content in the running.

Outstanding Original Interactive Program

Back To The Moon (YouTube 360, Rift, Vive)

Created by: Google Spotlight Stories, Karen Dufilho (Executive Producer), Jan Pinkava (Executive Producer), Fx Goby (Director), Google, Nexus Studios

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab (Rift, Go, Gear VR)

Created by: Magnopus, Alcon Interactive, LLC, Oculus

Coco VR (Rift)

Created by: Magnopus, Disney, Pixar, Oculus

NASA JPL: Cassini’s Grand Finale (YouTube 360)

Created by: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Spider-Man Homecoming VR Experience (PSVR)

Created by: Create VR, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality

Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within A Scripted Program

Rick And Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (Rift, Vive, PSVR)

Created by: Adult Swim Games, Owlchemy Labs, Other Ocean Interactive. Rick and Morty Creative Team

Silicon Valley: Interactive World: Not Hotdog, VR & Twitter-Powered Pizza Drones (VR on Rift, Vive)

Created by: HBO, Brown Hill Productions

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October 26, 2017

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab Now Live on Oculus Store

Oculus VR has today announced the launch of Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab, available to download now for Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR. Developed by Los Angeles based studio, Magnopus, Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab is an interactive experience is available to download for free.

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab is the second of three Blade Runner virtual reality (VR) experiences hitting Oculus VR’s platforms. The first, Blade Runner 2049: Replicant Pursuit, put players in the role of a Blade Runner chasing a replicant through a busy 2049 Los Angeles in his flying car, known as a ‘Spinner’. After a violent end to that chase, the player reports to the Wallace Corporation’s Memory Lab for incident analysis. With the help of a holographic AI similar to the character of Joi in the movie, the player explores their memories of the event, reconstructing and interacting with them as you uncover a mysterious conspiracy.

This second instalment continues that theme, as Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab puts the player in the role of a replicant who is having their memories examined. In the world of Blade Runner the artificial humans, known as ‘replicants’ have artificial memories implanted into their digital minds, each of which is strictly controlled by the companies that create them. However Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab tells the store of a replicant’s memories believed to have become corrupted, leading to the uncovering of a dark conspiracy.

VR experiences based on the Blade Runner franchise were first teased back in 2016, when Disney revealed a collaboration with Oculus VR. At Oculus Connect 3, San Jose, the company stated: “We’re going to be working with Alcon Interactive to bring VR experiences based on the Blade Runner sequel to the Oculus Platform ahead of the film’s release in 2017.”

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab was originally expected to launch for Oculus Rift on 19th October 2017, however Oculus VR decided to delay the release so that both the Oculus Rift and Gear VR editions could launch simultaneously. Both are available to download now from their respective versions of the Oculus Store.

The official trailer for Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab follows below and VRFocus will keep you updated with all the latest Blade Runner 2049 VR experiences made available to download.

October 12, 2017

Moments Lost In Time Recovered with Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab

An increasing number of filmmakers are exploring the possibilities presented by virtual reality (VR). Not just for creating entire 360-degree films, but for promoting other films and TV shows. Such is the case with the tie-in VR experience Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab.

Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel to the acclaimed sci-fi film Blade Runner, which was released in 1982 and starred Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard. The film was itself adapted from a story by famous novelist Philip K. Dick called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

In the film, Deckard was a ‘blade runner’ charged with hunting down rogue replicants – bio-engineered humans who challenge the definition of what it is to be human. The sequel stars Ryan Gosling and also features Harrison Ford reprising his role and continuing the story of the replicants and the changing nature of humanity.

The tie-in VR experience Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab puts the player in the role of a replicant who is having their memories examined. In the world of Blade runner, replicants have implanted memories, the nature of which are strictly controlled by the companies that create them. In Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab, however, something has gone awry in the player’s memories, leading to the uncovering of a dark conspiracy.

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab will be available for Oculus Rift on 19th October, and Samsung Gear VR on 26th October, 2017. The movie is out in cinemas now.

You can watch the trailer for Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab below.

VRFocus will bring you further information on new Oculus Rift content as it becomes available.