Awake: Episode One
SYNOPSISEnter the world of AWAKE, a ground-breaking first-person cinematic VR thriller, that blurs the line between memories, dreams and reality.
In Episode One, you are a new presence in the story of Harry; a man obsessed with solving a mysterious lucid dream. It’s an obsession that has also cost Harry dearly and now he is stuck, waiting for release. You are the witness and it’s time for Harry to wake up!
As the ever deepening layers of Harry’s story are revealed a sinister force could lead to Harry breaking one last time. AWAKE presents a rich new genre of immersive cinema, for you to discover.FEATURES
- A genre-defining 20-minute immersive cinematic experience
- Designed for room-scale VR
- Thought-provoking, mind-bending and mysterious
- A complex narrative riddled with intrigue
- Hollywood cast delivering best-in-class performances
- 15+ minutes of stunning Volumetric Video performance capture
- Light-interactive story progression
- Photo-realistic sets and special effects
- Cinematic score and spine-tingling audio design
OTHER VR HEADSETSAWAKE: Episode One was designed to be a room-scale virtual reality experience, and optimised for the HTC Vive. We also fully support Windows Mixed Reality and Oculus Rift HMDsFUTURE EPISODESAWAKE: Episode One is the opening chapter of an epic eight part series, exploring the nature of reality and the human condition in all its levels.
What if humanity is on the edge of a radical evolutionary awakening; the perfect instrument for reshaping the fabric of our universe? Future episodes get closer to unlocking deeper truths about what these collective dreams mean, with each episode deploying story-driven interactive mechanics unique to each plot, empowering audiences to learn new abilities in manipulating reality.
“We identify in our experience, a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us. Only you are playing hide and seek, since that is the essential game that is going on…” ~ Alan Watts. Philosopher
Available for Arcades on SpringboardVR
Game Discussion
Steam User 11
Very well made and intersting from a technical point of view. I was able to play on high performance settings. The volumetric video is impressive.
The story told in this experience is sad, most of the time you are watching things happening in the very same room, but that room comes in different states.
Your hands are tiny clouds that generate light, quite nice. Use your hands to touch stuff to get the story to go forward.
Note: This is episode one, but I don't think there are more episodes.
Note: Recommended on sale (or if you are interested in the technologiy behind this) only. It's quite short but impressive.
Steam User 7
OMG! This experience is a MUST SEE! I read about AWAKE: Episode One on Upload VR and thought it looked interesting, but I was totally unprepared for how much of an emotional impact it would have on me!
It's short (takes me about 25 minutes cos I want to study every detail), but I've never had a VR experience quite like it - being able to get right up in front of these real characters and just want to go back in there again and again. Still working through the deeper levels of what the bigger story means. What a head trip, brilliant performances and cannot wait for more episodes!!!! Where is it all going???
5 STARS +
Steam User 10
This gets me excited for the future of VR pron.
Rate 7.5/10
Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers
All joking aside, this is a 23 minute purely 360 cinematic experience experience with some of the best visuals in VR. There are two different settings: Standard and High Quality (1080 + 16 GB recommended). However, it's on the Unreal Engine and on my rig (1060), even on Standard, there was some jitteriness, especially when turning around to view. You can move in your roomscale and there are some very basic interactions consisting of having to move in your roomscale to progress. So you do need a bit more than standing room for this experience.
Steam User 9
The experience is very impressive. Once you're in it, it feels real and intense. The story and dialogs are pretty good too!
Steam User 3
10/10 for the tech demo - the future of storytelling is here
6/10 for the story
If you have 10 minutes and 5 dollars to burn, then why not watch this
Things to add for the user:
Re-center button for seated users
Or... the old grip and drag posistioning system would work as well
Found myself in an awkward posistion a few times, and didnt feel like getting up and moving around
Steam User 0
One of the best photogrammetry experiences. Very good thought-provoking story as well. A gem - obviously producted with a large budget and a highly educated team.
Steam User 0
I love this, nicely done, I wish they would come out with more VR apps like this one. Most of the VR apps seem to be geared towards the teen population, I am over 50, and this is so refreshing for me, keep up the good work.