Meta’s taking a extra VR-aligned method to Halloween this 12 months, with a vary of recent, immersive horror experiences obtainable to Meta Quest customers.
The primary is a brand new ‘Haunted Home’, 180-degree VR expertise, created by director Eli Roth, who additionally directed ‘Cabin Fever’ and the ‘Hostel’ film collection.
The movie, starring Vanessa Hudgens, takes you thru a horror home social gathering, the place persons are seemingly become dolls. That’s an enormous nope from me.
Meta’s additionally acquired a brand new, four-episode ‘Scream Park’ mini-series in VR, starring Grace Van Dien from ‘Stranger Issues’.
Meta’s additionally internet hosting an array of different Halloween VR activations, together with:
- Tokyo Case: This two-part, 360-degree brief Japanese horror movie is taking Meta Quest TV by storm. Episode 1 is accessible now, and Episode 2 launches October 21.
- Meta Horizon Worlds Drive-In: Expertise a Halloween-themed drive-in film streaming a set of monster horror flicks from Crypt TV.
- Alien Apocalypse: A 360-degree VR video primarily based on H.G. Wells’s The Battle of the Worlds.
- Pennywise the Dancing Clown: Everybody’s favourite clown is simply dying to satisfy you in VR. Filmed on location on the Derry Pageant and Funhouse in Derry, Maine.
There’s additionally this NOPE VR experience in Horizon Worlds.
Look, it’s early days for Horizon Worlds, Meta’s extra interactive VR house, so no, the expertise right here doesn’t look pretty much as good, or horrifying, as these different VR activations. However it’ll get higher over time. In all probability.
Both manner, you’ve gotten a full scope right here of what VR has to supply – horrifying, immersive, polished VR experiences, and extra interactive, however nonetheless a bit of clunky, Horizon Worlds choices.
And you may anticipate Meta to proceed to place extra emphasis on VR activations like this shifting ahead, as it really works to advertise the metaverse, and construct hype for its VR instruments.
They might be price a glance, particularly for these attempting to get a greater understanding of the place issues are headed, and what’s attainable in Meta’s VR environments.
You’ll be able to be taught extra about Meta’s Halloween VR experiences right here.
