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SEGA To Reveal Sonic The Hedgehog Augmented Reality Experience At SDCC

When it comes to virtual reality (VR) the usually highly experimental SEGA have been a tad hesitant to embrace the new technology. With the exception being the releases on PlayStation 4 of the PlayStation VR compatible games relating to Hatsune Miku. But Miku and her Vocaloid brethren are still licenced characters, and SEGA have yet to bring any characters or franchises they expressly own over to VR. Which is a little odd, as it’s not like they haven’t a fair few that could make the leap.

That’s not to say SEGA aren’t known to have been experimenting with it and other vision technologies. Videos from both SEGA Europe and SEGA America have both shown various headsets at their offices. SEGA America’s being a somewhat jokey (and meme related) mixed reality (MR) video for the Sonic The Hedgehog social media accounts that showed that the branch was in possession of at least one Microsoft Hololens.

Now it seems something more concrete may have come from their – or someone connect with the publisher’s – efforts. Eagle-eyed members over at UK-based Sonic The Hedgehog fan site The Sonic Stadium spied that something distinctly hedgehog related is apparently coming to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC).  As well as a line-up of other VR and augmented reality (AR) experiences, including many previously featured on VRFocus such as Raw Data, Paranormal Activity, Project Cars and John Wick, slotted away on the Comic-Con website’s Toucan blog is also the apparent reveal of a Sonic-related AR to be found at The Futurism & Tech Pavilion.

“Sega is presenting an AR Sonic experience and a special concert with the awesome Shota Nakama on Thursday evening, and dome takeover on Friday!”

The ‘dome takeover’ it seems refers to the MR/360 domes of FulldomePro that will be at the pavilion and will apparently be involved in some way after the initial reveal. There is no word or clarification from SEGA yet as to what this experience entails or if it involves forthcoming videogames Sonic Forces or Sonic Mania, but it is likely that more will be revealed early next week.

VRFocus will of course, barring any giant water monsters or moustachioed space stations, bring you more news when it is revealed.

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Trailer: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ to Get Trio of VR Experiences, Latter Two Coming to Rift

San Diego’s Comic-Con always sees a massive fanfare for all things science fiction, so there’s no better place for Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros Pictures to debut the VR experience for their upcoming film Blade Runner 2049, Riddley Scott’s sequel to the iconic Blade Runner (1982).

Update (7/19/17): Oculus today confirmed that the Blade Runner 2049: Replicant Pursuit VR experience will launch on July 21st on Gear VR. Interestingly, Replicant Pursuit is the first of three installments of Blade Runner 2049 VR experiences—each of which is being produced by a different developer—to be released leading up to the film’s premiere in October. The latter two will be available on both Gear VR and Rift. A trailed for the experience can be see below:

In Replicant Pursuit, developed by Turtle Rock Studios (Face Your Fears, Other Worlds), players will hop in a ‘spinner’ hover car to track down a rogue replicant. As the project is a promotion for the upcoming film, we expect the experiences will launch for free.

Original Article (7/7/19): Theatrical release of the Blade Runner 2049 is still slated for October 6th, but San Diego-based fans will get a chance to pop into the VR representation of the Blade Runner universe starting July 20th-23rd. According to a press release, not only Comic-Con badge holders can attend, but also the general public is invited to try out the VR experience and paw at everything else on display.

image courtesy San Diego Comic-Con

Alcon Entertainment is setting up an physical Blade Runner 2049 experience for fans to attend, including a Blade Runner art gallery, a display of actual vehicles featured in the film, actors dressed in the film’s wardrobe walking around the crowd, and of course the Oculus VR experience itself. The event will take place in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter during the entirety of Comic-Con weekend.

The VR experience is said to feature a walk through the film’s neon-lit setting including an impromptu test to determine if you’re a human or a replicant.

Located across the street from the Comic-Con convention center, the Blade Runner 2049 Experience will be open from 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday; and 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Guests can register to enter at a specific appointment time with a same-day appointment, or choose to wait in line. Admission is free.

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