The Twilight Zone made a name for itself by telling timeless stories with big twists.
We spoke to the team transposing that experience to virtual reality.
Its most recent iteration comes not on television, but in virtual reality.
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The Twilight Zone VR is a three-episode anthology launching on July 14 for Meta Quest 2 headsets.
It’s also coming to PlayStation VR 2 at a later date.
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Nabors said the team sought to subvert that negative expectation.
We didn’t want to repeat old Twilight Zone episodes, right?
Because when you see them, you know them, you know how they turn out."
They aren’t merely watching someone get their comeuppance or reshape their entire worldview through some earth-shattering twist.
In VR, it’s the player’s story.
“That’s always a great feeling.”
“Where’s the gut-punch ending?”
But when it’s you, it’s quite a hard thing in VR."
The Twilight Zone rarely dealt in plainly good and evil characters.
“With success, we’re gonna try something really bold and experimental.
We can risk a bit more,” Nabors said.
The Twilight Zone VR iscoming to Meta Quest 2on July 14.
A PSVR 2 version will be released at a later date.
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