Sony & Sony Music Group collaborated through an internal VR development group called Project Lindbergh on a custom-built app for Sword Art Online: Ex-Chronicle which works with SteamVR headsets (sorry PSVR players). Though it can be attended through mobile devices and non-VR too, the creators say the event is designed primarily with VR in mind. Tickets to the event are priced at about $33 (¥3,800). The event is free-to-play, but about two-thirds of the content can only be accessed by ticket holders. Starting today and running through March 10th, Sword Art Online: EX-CHRONICLE – Online Editionis a virtual fan event hosted by Sony with cooperation from the official SAO-P Project. Here we are now, finally in 2022 for real and while we still don’t have full-dive headsets, Sony felt the year warranted a proper VR celebration of the anime which has become one of the most iconic pieces of virtual reality media in the last decade. But what they thought was just a fun game turns out to be a life or death struggle when they learn they have no way to log and if they die in the game then they will also die in real life.įirst aired in 2012, the fictional events of the show were set in the year 2022. In the show characters don so-called ‘full-dive’ VR headsets to join a VR MMORPG.
Sword Art Online is easily one of the most popular anime ever to be based on virtual reality. The event drops players into a familiar setting to celebrate the iconic anime with interactive exhibits, immersive clips from the show, and even a live performance.
Sony is hosting an official Sword Art Online fan exhibition in VR from today through March 10th.
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