Benjamin Nourse Miller
Game & XR Production, Publishing, Design
TheBlu : Encounter is an early award-winning VR experience that gives participants an intimate underwater experience with a Blue Whale.

theBlu : Encounter

VR Game

Creative & Production Advisor for WEVR
Concept through Ship
3 / 2015

 

Description

Experience the awe and wonder of the undersea with this popular introduction to VR. theBlu: Encounter transports audiences deep under the ocean. On the deck of a sunken ship players come face to face with the largest species on Earth, an encounter which creates a sense of uncanny scale and unexpected empathy.

Platforms

Steam  /   Oculus  / Transport  / Viveport

Partners

Jake Rowell / Unity

Impact

Protoawards 2015 - Best Sound Design (nominee)  / Protoawards 2015 - Best Art Direction (nominee)  / Exhibited at Los Angeles National History Museum in 2017  / Launch title - HTC Vive  /  Sundance New Frontiers 2015

Media

Viveport Download  / Venture Beat Article / Official Website

 
TheBlu : Encounter is an early award-winning VR experience that gives participants an intimate underwater experience with a Blue Whale.

TheBlu : Encounter is an early award-winning VR experience that gives participants an intimate underwater experience with a Blue Whale.

I moved onto theBlu : Encounter after the success of theBluVR and worked closely with Director Jake Rowell and Producer Max Geiger in building this pre-release Vive title

I moved onto theBlu : Encounter after the success of theBluVR and worked closely with Director Jake Rowell and Producer Max Geiger in building this pre-release Vive title

I demoed an early version of theBlu : Encounter at SXSW to a quadriplegic gentleman in a wheelchair. Afterwards we spoke for some time, with tears in his eyes, about how the experience affected him. It is a moment I will never forget and a great exa

I demoed an early version of theBlu : Encounter at SXSW to a quadriplegic gentleman in a wheelchair. Afterwards we spoke for some time, with tears in his eyes, about how the experience affected him. It is a moment I will never forget and a great example of the unifying, inclusive power of the VR medium.

theBlu : Encounter was later expanded into a commercial VR experience - theBlu : Season 1

theBlu : Encounter was later expanded into a commercial VR experience - theBlu : Season 1