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July 14, 2017

Check Out This First Look At Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One Film

Many people contend that Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is necessary reading for fans of VR, AR, or other forms of immersive technology. Regardless of how you feel about the book, Steven Spielberg’s big-budget take on the story of Wade Watts’ (played by Tye Sheridan) journey through The Oasis is poised to be a huge blockbuster when it releases in May of 2018.

Today, Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive first-look at Ready Player One. You can see the full image in all of its glory (jam-packed full of little references here and there, just like the book) embedded at the top of this article.

The film takes place in a futuristic dystopia where most of the world is rundown and nearly destroyed. People live in old campers and vans piled on top of each other in junkyards; they escape into the virtual world of The Oasis instead of connecting in the real world.

The headset in the image looks very similar to the ones we saw teased from when the movie was filming. Notably, he is also wearing gloves that resemble Manus VR gloves and is standing on a treadmill-like surface. You’ll also be able to see tons of 80s pop culture references spread around his living space if you look closely. The film is getting VR content that’s made by HTC, too.

Is this what you thought VR rigs would look like in Ready Player One? What do you think the more expensive and advanced setups will look like in this world? Let us know down in the comments below!

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March 28, 2017

Gunters, to your headsets! ‘Ready Player One’ to get unique VR experiences

Warner Bros and HTC have teamed up to create several virtual reality experiences based around the Ready Player One movie. They will release before and after the film, helping to expand its universe in the virtual medium.

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March 27, 2017

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One To Get VR Content Made By HTC

As far as recommended reading for VR goes, Ready Player One ranks highly. Ernest Cline’s dystopian novel, set in a world ruled by the technology, has been given out at VR conferences and sourced as an inspiration countless times within the industry. Facebook’s Oculus even once gave all new employees a copy of the book. Next year, though, Ready Player One will be virtualized itself.

HTC today announced that it has exclusively partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures to create and distribute VR content based on the sci-fi hit. According to a press release, this will consist of both “experiences and games”. This content will be connected to the upcoming film adaptation of the novel, directed by Steven Spielberg and set for release just over a year from now on March 30th 2018. It’s a project we’ve been watching with a close eye.

HTC CEO Cher Wang and Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara celebrating the deal.

The content will be released through HTC’s Viveport service, meaning it will support the company’s own HTC Vive headset as well as all other “VR in-home platforms”, which very likely means the Oculus Rift, OSVR and, by the time of release, even LG’s recently revealed SteamVR headset. There will also be mobile VR content and experiences developed for HTC’s Viveport Arcade, which licenses VR games to arcades around the world. HTC will demo the content at events across the globe, but no word on when or where we’ll see it first.

And that’s pretty much all we know for now. We’ve reached out to HTC to ask who might be developing this content; we’ve seen the company work with real developers to bring movie-based games like John Wick to the Vive before. Given that the book is held in such high regard these apps will surely become some of the most anticipated on the horizon for the VR industry.

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March 27, 2017

‘Ready Play One’ VR Content on the Way with Vive as Official Partner

In preparation for Steven Spielberg’s theatrical adaptation of Ernest Cline’s critically acclaimed novel Ready Player One, HTC Vive and Warner Bros Pictures today announced a deal that makes the Vive an official partner for all upcoming VR content for the film. All Ready Player One VR content and experiences will be available on Viveport, HTC Vive’s digital distribution platform.

According to HTC, the company will produce multiple pieces of VR content tied to the world of Ready Player One, distributing it globally across all VR in-home platforms including high-end PC based VR systems to mobile solutions.

The company also plans to bring Ready Player One-inspired content to its Viveport Arcade platform for location-based entertainment as well as showcase the VR experiences and games at many of the biggest global consumer events through the year.

Based in a universe where highly-immersive VR is ubiquitous, things are sure to get pretty meta with Ready Player One VR content.

“Ready Player One is one of the most anticipated movies in the world, and has tremendous potential to engage and entertain the worldwide market, showcasing the transformative nature of VR, and what it can and will be,” said Rikard Steiber, President of Viveport. “Vive is delivering on the promise of VR and continues to be the most advanced and immersive VR experience available to consumers, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with Warner Bros. to bring these experiences to consumers, on all platforms, around the globe.”

Directed by Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One is starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn and T.J. Miller, with Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. Zak Penn and Ernest Cline wrote the screenplay, based on the novel by Cline.

The film is slated for global theatrical release on March 30, 2018, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Partners and Village Roadshow Pictures.

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