Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive are bringing an interactive story to Apple Vision Pro. What If…? – An Immersive Story will be an exclusive for Apple’s headset. It’s an hour-long experience intended to put Marvel fans inside the Multiverse like never before.
A trailer for the app is now available, and Marvel revealed that it’s launching in late May. Even better, the AR/VR application will be free to download and play.
Marvel’s What If…? – An Immersive Story puts viewers inside the Multiverse
The What If…? series on Disney+ reimagines familiar Marvel characters, putting them in alternative situations and working alongside — or against — unexpected characters. The version being created for Apple Vision Pro will take that to a new level
“What If…? – An Immersive Story is the next evolution in how we tell our stories, where fans across generations can experience them and live out the adventure alongside their favorite heroes,” director and executive producer Dave Bushore said in a statement. “This experience kicks the door open to the Marvel Universe, and it’s a glimpse of what I’ve been waiting for my whole life.”
Viewers/players of the upcoming Vision Pro app will take a leading role in the interactive story as they move through the Multiverse. They’ll meet Multiversal variants of familiar characters, learn the mystic arts, and even harness the power of the Infinity Stones.
The software will use the augmented and virtual reality capacities of Vision Pro, and interact with their eyes and hands.
“This experience is truly groundbreaking and unlike anything we’ve done before,” said Jamie Voris, EVP/Chief Technology Officer at The Walt Disney Studios. “It’s an exciting new way to become a part of the MCU through a deeply emotional and compelling story.”
What If…? – An Immersive Story was written by David Dong and Phil McCarty (The Learning Curve), with music by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning composer Laura Karpman (American Fiction, The Marvels).
Watch the trailer
The visionOS application trailer features the Watcher and Master Wong from the MCU recruiting the player and then beginning to train them on using magic so they can help determine “the fate of all existence.”
It shows that the app will use the same character designs as the What If… animated series on Disney+, just made 3D.
Coming soon for free
Marvel and Disney will introduce the Vision Pro application o Wednesday, May 29.
As noted, What If…? – An Immersive Story will be free.
This article was published May 8. It was since updated with the release of the trailer and the announcement of the launch date.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
