Jim Henson’s Muppets could possibly be coming to VR following talks with Disney—probably providing a clue on the kind of content material Meta reportedly hopes to convey to its subsequent VR headset.
Disney held an occasion on June 14th celebrating the seventieth anniversary of The Jim Henson Firm. The occasion was additionally a bittersweet sendoff for certainly one of Disney’s Hollywood Studios most well-known long-running points of interest, Muppet* Imaginative and prescient 3D.
As reported by Disney fan web site Laughing Place, The Jim Henson Firm CEO Lisa Henson introduced on the occasion that, whereas Disney closed the bodily attraction a couple of days prior, the corporate was now “exploring methods to protect the movie and different components of the expertise for followers to get pleasure from sooner or later.”
This, Henson stated, included discussions with Disney about bringing the attraction-based movie to VR, with Laughing Firm reporting that the Muppet* Imaginative and prescient 3D was captured utilizing VR cameras.
This follows a Wall Avenue Journal report from earlier this month alleging that Meta is presently looking for branded immersive content material from corporations similar to Disney, A24, and smaller manufacturing studios.
The WSJ report maintains Meta is hoping to signal timed-exclusive episodic and standalone immersive video content material geared in the direction of its subsequent VR headset.
Codenamed ‘Loma,’ the reported machine is claimed to function a design just like a pair of eyeglasses that connects to a tethered puck, which is described as having higher compute energy than its Quest 3 collection of headsets, and a worth of “lower than $1,000.”
