Framestore: Test driving the future for Volkswagen Group China Import

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Framestore is proud to present the VW Touareg Hyper Reality Test Drive, unveiled September 26th in Zhuhai, China. Working for Volkswagen Group China Import, and with key technology partner and motion capture specialists Noitom, Framestore built on its aptitude for groundbreaking experiential content to develop the world's first live VR test drive experience.

Released to the press and a crowd of VIPs in Zhuhai, the Hyper Reality Test Drive shows itself to be an experience befitting of the all-new, technology-fuelled Touareg.

The experience will be shown to invited key media and investors in Zhuhai for four days, before being presented to selected guests at four regional roadshows around China, culminating in Beijing later in 2018.

Seated as passenger in the all-new Touareg on a real-life stunt track, and equipped with a bespoke customised Oculus VR headset, test drive guests are taken on an exhilarating high velocity chase through other-worldly lands, as the vehicle comes under extraterrestrial fire - with only its in-built technology smarts to help.

Through an artful interweaving of the physical and virtual, the experience offers users an immersive encounter with the new Touareg: combining real test drive physics with a world class virtual view that, in the manner of the ultimate test drive, delivers on both functionality and thrill.

Framestore scripted the experience, plotting a hero's journey across a four-act structure that shines light on the Touareg's advanced inbuilt technology. The creative studio's Art Department supplied initial artwork for the experience's characters, and three stylised off-world environments.

Central to the script are the Touareg's next level features, which offer heroic escape from the narrative's tumult of dangers. Strategically placed throughout the experience, the features create suspense and thrill, and form critical 4D touchpoints between the virtual and physical worlds.

The physical experience covers acreage akin to a football pitch; the script's journey was mapped, and 4D elements plotted to create action highlights. A custom trigger system ensures total synchronicity between in-game and real world, for all six vehicles running the test drive at any one time. The experience sound design - a bespoke soundtrack by Goldstein, engineered by GCVRS, as well as Mandarin and English voiceover - was overlaid in a complex arrangement reflecting the user's movements within the 4D experience, with the flexibility to play in line with the content triggers.

Thrillseekers, buckle up, for the adventure does not stop here. For its creators, Hyper Reality Test Drive marks only the beginning of an innovative creative relationship as Volkswagen Group China Import looks to the future. We'll see you there.

Client Volkswagen Group China Import

MD Axel Schroeder

CMO Henning Schindler

Technology Partner Noitom

VR Framestore

Head of VR Karl Woolley

Executive Producer Heather Kinal

Producer Adam Sargent, Taylor Kennard, Liam Thompson, Cosmos Deng

Production Assistant Cameron McLarty

Creative Director Simon Wood

VR Supervisor Michael Cable

CG Lead Taekyu Yang

Lead Developer Alex Perry

Animation Lead Brad Silby

Senior Technical Artist Makoto Tanaka

Developer Marios Bikos

Technical Artist Will Arterton, Sondre Utheim, Rob Fraser

Audio GCVRS

Sound Designers Steve Lane, Culum Simpson

Audio Developer Mirren Malcolm-Neale

Audio Producer Mike Hill

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Framestore is an Oscar-winning creative studio that uses innovative talent and technology to create high-end images for every platform. Framestore partners with clients ranging from Hollywood studios through to advertisers, ad agencies, production companies and video game developers. In addition to being recognised for its globally celebrated visual effects, Framestore has more recently made its name as an innovator in the digital space by focusing on the immersive engagement potential of interactive visual effects.

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