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Updated · UploadVR · Oct 7
New Canvas Unveils 5-Episode Coltrane VR Series, Extending 2016's VR Noir
Updated
Updated · UploadVR · Oct 7

New Canvas Unveils 5-Episode Coltrane VR Series, Extending 2016's VR Noir

3 articles · Updated · UploadVR · Oct 7

Summary

  • Five 15-minute episodes will make up Coltrane, a new VR noir series from New Canvas, Jacaranda Productions and Pico due later this year.
  • Set in Hong Kong, the story follows ex-SFPD detective turned private investigator Veronica Coltrane, whose surveillance job pulls her into a conspiracy.
  • New Canvas says the series blends live-action performances with real-time immersive environments, pushing further the mix of storytelling, game design and interactivity explored in VR Noir.
  • VR Noir: A Day Before the Night debuted in 2016 and later topped 500,000 downloads on Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard, giving the follow-up an established audience.

Insights

How will your personal choices in Coltrane's branching VR narrative change the outcome of its dark Hong Kong conspiracy?
Can this ambitious blend of live-action and VR gaming finally push episodic immersive storytelling into the mainstream entertainment market?