Enlarge / The Lawnmower Man revival’s naive idiocy makes this guy very angry! (credit: New Line Cinema)
Last year’s Sundance Film Festival was marked, in part, by quite a case of virtual-reality fever. Content creators and filmmakers began to embrace 360-degree videos, just as consumer-grade VR headsets started rolling out in greater numbers.
This year, Sundance appears poised to continue the trend, with the fest’s kickoff being marked by the announcement of a VR project that nobody was necessarily asking for: The Lawnmower Man.
On Thursday, Jaunt, a 360-degree video production company, announced a slate of upcoming projects that will require VR headsets. Lawnmower Man stands out in this list as the only one based on a previously known film, though the only names currently attached to the project are its “rights holders.” No directors, writers, actors, or production dates have yet been announced.
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Source: Ars Technica – The Lawnmower Man is coming back, will let you “touch god” in VR