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‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ Studio Has No Plans to Support VR for Upcoming Sequel

Road to VR

Coming to PC and Xbox consoles on May 21st, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II promises a fateful return of protagonist Senua as she continues her brutal journey of survival, this time taking her to Viking-era Iceland where she battles demons from both within and without. But all is not lost.

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How accurate is 'The Northman' to Viking history? Well, it’s a Robert Eggers film.

Mashable VR

It's a tale you've heard before, probably through Shakespeare's version, Hamlet , unless you're well-versed in the Icelandic Sagas. Writing the script with Icelandic poet, novelist, and Björk collaborator Sjón, Eggers recruited multiple experts to advise on the production of the film.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

THE FAMOUS ICELANDIC ECCENTRIC EMBRACES VR. To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?).

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Is Everest VR the Most Immersive VR Experience?

VRWorld

The experience was created by taking over 300,000 images and creating a 3D mesh with textures, all powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. Solfar worked hand in hand with RVX , Iceland-based Special Effects (VFX) studio which worked on the Everest movie. As a movie, Everest was based on the book by Seaborn Beck Weathers.