Ongs Hat som film!
Af VIRUS - 06/06/2000
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Cutting Edge DVD Immerses Users in a Double Dose of Science "Faction"
SANTA CRUZ, CA - June 1, 2000 - What do you get when you combine the haunting realism of the Blair Witch Project, the interactivity of Myst, Avante-fringe conspiracy theory and the top selling e-book by author Joseph Matheny? You get the first double movie title to be written, produced, and directed specifically for the DVD-ROM medium. iMMERSION New Media, a leading provider of hybrid media solutions, has announced the launch of the first movie to be created specifically for DVD ROM. This DVD release will not only showcase the iMMERSION line of multimedia software tools, it will prove iMMERSION's ability to successfully combine the intense interactivity of the Internet with the enveloping characters and story line of a motion picture.
The DVD itself will actually contain two different movies, one on each side of the disc. One side tells the story of Ong's Hat and the Incunabula Papers, a tale of intrigue narrated by Joseph Matheny, CEO of iMMERSION New Media. The movie investigates the circumstances surrounding the shocking recent discovery of a parallel dimension in a New Jersey physics laboratory.
As you watch the movie, you are presented with a myriad of interactive opportunities to explore this mystery yourself using the Internet as your guide.
Side B of the DVD will contain a movie by Alexandra Chica Bruce that embodies a similar aesthetic to the Incunabula Papers. Titled Montauk Memories: True Stories from a Parallel Universe, it is based on the testimonies of people who claim to be survivors of the Montauk Project.
According to these accounts, the Montauk Project was a series of high security operations conducted by the US Office of Naval Intelligence, under the supervision of off-planetary beings. The movie offers first person glimpses of these experiments in time travel, genetic engineering and mind control that reportedly took place at an underground installation located beneath a derelict military base. The viewer is posited as the experiencer of these bizarre goings-on.
Both movies combine the captivating nature of the cinema with live, dynamic Internet content, a combination that represents the first such interconnection between the film industry, the Internet, and the DVD ROM medium. And because both movies were entirely written, shot, and produced solely for DVD ROM, they contain a synchronicity between the medium and the message that is otherwise unobtainable.
Produced using the iMMERSION suite of software products, this DVD enables you to view Internet content from within the movies themselves. You can use the DVD disc to view live, streaming media on the Internet in conjunction with DVD-specific content, or you can simply get caught up in the movies themselves. The benefit of the DVD medium is obvious when you realize that this particular DVD release will be viewable on more than 50 million DVD-ROM players worldwide, including the Sony PlayStation2 and Microsoft's X-Box. iMMERSION's groundbreaking DVD release will reach millions of people using technology they already own. In technological terms, the audience is ready for this new integration of story, interactivity, and technology. But are they prepared for the psychological impact this union will spawn?
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