Human Within

[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 3[/h1] You can view my gameplay & early impressions here: https://youtu.be/ajxjmukmgXE I do recommend this experience for hardcore VR enthusiasts who enjoy cinematic experiences. While this isn't the best cinematic experience, it is better than the average Steam VR release. Plus, there is some innovative ways where VR is used, namely being able to see many different 2D screens and grab them while watching different POVs of the cinematic action. Unfortunately, this is a rather by the numbers choices-matter (but they really don't) FMV. The puzzle gameplay elements are also uninspired, although they do flow with the story. The puzzle gameplay basically consists of either putting blocks together of different symbols (match them up) or scan different objects while manipulating time. The rest of the experience is either viewing 360 stereoscopy scenes where no interactions take place or 180 screens in a 3D environment where you are able to interact with the screens and a few other items. It is cool to grab the screens and view them closer while the other videos are playing. Unfortunately, these portions were not 3D. The story was okay at best. I thi…

Wow, what a load of cr*p. The quality of the 3D film is so poor that you quickly lose interest. I know there are limitations to this technology, so we’ll probably have to wait a few more years before it’s good enough to actually enjoy. You could also question the acting performances, at least based on the little I managed to watch. NOTE :; The controls don’t work with SteamVR. I had to switch to Virtual Desktop and set the OpenXR Runtime to VDXR. I'm using a Quest 3 headset.

VR Film. The third act picks up in pace as we see the value of watching in VR play out with all the different cameras seens similtanously on all the different screens. But there's a lot of cameras including early in the film where there's not enough going on and we feel the lack of the editing going on in the way the actors are waiting for key moments to occur. The idea of an interactive narrative always sounds good in a pitch but in reality it's always unsatisfying. I don't want to watch it all again to see it play out differently, so whatever ending I got is how I feel about the overall package when I'm reviewing it and that ending was unsatisactory. In the long run projects like this are good to exist, but we won't remember them as good forms of entertainment so much as examples of the medium trying to find it's place before anyone knew what would work. Interesting but not a milestone in the medium. https://youtube.com/shorts/d3oE7ppzf6M

That is a really nice interactive movie. It would be an ideal experience to demonstrate non gamers what VR can do. The setting is interesting, with some Minority Report and Watch Dogs wibes. This is in my experience a refined and well working product that makes great use of VR. One wrong note though : Who signed up on the low resolution blurry stereoscopic videos ? Thas is a real let down, while everything else looks really clear.

I recommend this for experiencing the innovation in story-telling. Its a movie but it's not experienced by watching a single screen. There's multiple screens that provide background information on what's going on. It keeps you engaged. Like a reaction to streaming media's tendency to expect us to be distracted while watching movies.

First I want to say I think it has some cool components with puzzles. But the really poor 3D scenes and were soo long. I didn't want to watch a move in VR, but it felt like it with over the top acting.