Elijah Wood's New VR Horror Experience TRANSFERENCE Will Be Insane! Watch The Promos
Ubisoft announced a new game at E3 recently, and it isn't exactly what you expect.
Elijah Wood's production company SpectreVision teamed up with Ubisoft to produce and develop a VR game. In case you were wondering, there are no Hobbits involved. This is a VR horror experience called Transference and The goal is to help "bridge the gap between movies and games" and they want to make the player feel like they're in a movie.
It doesn't play like a normal game. Instead, you play someone exploring the digitally recreated memories of another person and have options to change things. Basically, it's a VR choose your own adventure experience and apparently, it's terrifying, but not in the way you think. CEO, Lisa Whalen talked about how she wants people leaving the experience and said, "We want you to take off the gear, and still feel unsettled."
Transference is a psychological thriller and the first game collaboration between SpectreVision and Ubisoft. Bridging the gap between movies and games, we invite you to lose yourself in the destructive tale of a man’s obsession as you explore his digitally recreated memories.
Experience the limits of techno-psychology and escape a maze-like puzzle concealing a corrupted truth. Get projected into the digital consciousness of troubled case subjects and maybe you will influence their fate.
Sounds nightmare inducing. Thanks, Lisa... and Ubisoft.... and Elijah Wood. I already have nightmares of you because of Sin City. *shudder* I have to go shower. You can watch the promo video and E3 presentation that was released for the game below. They explain exactly what they are hoping to achieve with this VR experience.
The game will be available spring 2018 in VR and traditional platforms: PSVR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PS4, Xbox One and PC.