Marvel is bringing a mixed reality edition of What If…? to the Vision Pro

The Vision Pro is astir to get what sounds for illustration an honest-to-goodness mixed reality video acquisition from Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive, thing nan level sorely needs. The companies announced What If...? – An Immersive Story, which they opportunity is Disney Plus’ “first-ever” interactive original content. It’ll travel exclusively to Apple’s VR headset and usage a substance of augmented and virtual reality.

The hour-long What If...? section is based connected Marvel’s Disney Plus show of nan aforesaid name. It’s a promising improvement for starved Vision Pro owners, and not conscionable because it’s acold longer than nan mini room of immersive films Apple has offered to date.

Marvel says that nan acquisition will fto users “visit these unusual worlds, not arsenic a Watcher but arsenic an existent participant” and that they’ll beryllium capable to interact “with nan world astir them by utilizing their eyes and hands.” Apparently, portion of that relationship intends you’ll “learn nan mystic arts, and beryllium tasked pinch harnessing nan powerfulness of nan Infinity Stones.”

That’s cool because, erstwhile you’re complete nan immersive video instrumentality of being capable to look astir during a video and spot worldly happening each astir you, nan Vision Pro’s room gets aged beautiful fast. How galore times tin I watch CG dinosaurs trundle astir successful nan woods earlier I commencement wanting thing more? The answer, astatine slightest for me, is “about 2 times.”

I do interest that What If...? won’t really beryllium immoderate much compelling successful nan end. There’s a funny deficiency of character credits successful Marvel’s announcement today, truthful I wonderment really overmuch “story” location really is here. And nan company’s explanation of it reminds maine a small spot of nan 1990s interactive video “games” that companies tried to make hap erstwhile nan first CD-based consoles emerged, pinch video of group talking astatine nan camera and players picking options for what to do next.

There’s a chance this is simply a gimmicky acquisition successful precisely nan aforesaid way. But nan What If...? series has been nosy to watch, truthful hopefully it has much to connection than that aliases nan gee-would-you-look-at-that vibes each of nan Vision Pro’s different immersive contented gives off. Whether it does aliases not, nan level has been starved for content, truthful I suppose I’ll return what I tin get. Marvel didn’t opportunity erstwhile it’s coming out, only that it will beryllium “released soon.”