SYFY To Debut Multi-Narrative VR/AR Experience At SXSW

Very few networks are willing to take a chance on bold, sometimes questionable storytelling the way this offbeat sci-fi, horror, fantasy-focused entertainment provider has. Sometimes, this mean praise-worthy content, such as The Expanse; other times, it means Sharktopus.Keeping in line with their history of fascinating investments, SYFY yesterday announced Eleven Eleven, a daring new original science fiction experience built specifically for PC VR, mobile VR, and AR platforms. Set on an island planet in which an extinction-level event is just 11-minutes and 11-seconds away from wiping out all local life, users spend the experience learning the stories behind a group of interconnected characters as they await their inevitable destruction. Utilizing spatial score technology, each of these characters features a personalized soundtrack composed by Bleeding Fingers–an award-winning production company co-founded by Hans Zimmer–that changes and adapts based on the players physical location in proximity to that character. Developed in partnership with Academy Award-winning visual effects studio Digital Domain, the cinematic experience allows users to control the adventure, although to what degree what don’t yet know.