On August 23rd, Bandai Namco Filmworks released a trailer for their next VR project at Anime NYC. Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom was announced to be released for Meta Quest 2 and 3 as an interactive film this October. Silver Phantom will be the world’s first interactive film.
Immersing Mobile Suit Gundam Fans
On November 23rd, 2023, VR developer Atlas V revealed they are partnering with the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise for fans to experience what it means to be a Gundam pilot. The project will send them on an adventure in Universal Century 0096. Silver Phantom demonstrated how the immersion will work using viewer prompts and cutscene interactions. For battle scenes, viewers will need to time their attacks and parrying enemies.
Ferdinand Dervieux is in charge of interaction design. He specializes in creating interactive art using photogrammetry techniques for the viewer’s immersion. Ensuring Silver Phantom’s interactive gameplay runs smoothly, Gael Chaize is brought on board as technical art director. The mechas are brought to life in 3D animation by Naoki Yamamoto, known for his revolutionary political manga Red.
Uniting the Past And Present
The production crew is filled with Mobile Suit Gundam legends of the series’ past and present. SD Gundam’s Kenichi Suzuki is directing the film. Gundam UC’s Ryoji Senkinishi is leading the script’s writing. Mika Akitaba returns to design the mechas years after Mobile Suit Gundam 0083. Alongside him is Tukasa Kotobuki, the character designer for the series’ origin story.
For Silver Phantom’s sound team, three people joined the interactive film project. Seed Distiny’s Sadayoshi Fujino is supervising sound design. Boonboomger composer Yoshiya Ikeda will be making music in his first film project. And Pokemon actress and singer Shoko Nakagawa lends her vocals for the film’s theme, ‘Across the World’.
Meta Quest Partnership
Gundam series studio, Sunrise Beyond, and Bandai Namco partnered with Meta Quest VR headset. Silver Phantom’s interactive film will be watched exclusively on Meta Quest 2 and 3. As a part of the film’s package, Atlas V has two mixed-reality activities. Silver Phantom’s trailer shows the player interacting with Gundam figurines. The player will use them to fight hordes of enemy mechs and protect themselves from asteroids. They can also place their favorite figurine on a scanner to view them in the Armory.
Silver Phantom: The Art of Immersion
When describing the project, convention representatives Pierre Zandrowicz and Ken Iyadomi gave a simple answer to the press. “The project is not a game. Neither it’s a narrative experience. It is a film for the fans to immerse themselves as the protagonist.”
While Silver Phantom’s media format sounds confusing, Atlus V’s project exactly matches Stanley Weinbaum’s Pygmalion’s Spectacles from 1935. The short sci-fi story attracted its idea of goggles displaying movies. The wearer immerses themselves in them with all of their senses intact. They become the protagonist of whatever film they choose. For the first time, VR is experimenting with the interactive film dream.
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