It looks like Star Trek virtual reality gaming won’t simply be limited to the home console-based Bridge Crew for much longer, as a new Star Trek: Discovery-themed VR experience is coming to major cities later this year.
Gaming company Sandbox VR has partnered with CBS to create the first “holodeck” experience in the form of Star Trek: Discovery — Away Mission, an immersive VR game set to launch in the company’s San Francisco and Hong Kong locations in the fall of 2019, with additional locations already slated for expansion.
In the game, players (in groups of up to six) will become crewmembers on the USS Discovery where Ensign Sylvia Tilly (voiced by Discovery actor Mary Wiseman) will guide the team to beam down to an alien planet and solve a mystery using tricorders, phasers, and other familiar Starfleet gear.
Built in partnership with CBS Interactive, Star Trek: Discovery Away Mission fully immerses you in the world of Star Trek like never before. You and your friends will join the crew aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.
In your role as Starfleet officers, you’ll have the chance to stand on a transporter pad with your own two feet and get beamed to your Away Mission. Guiding you on your mission is Starfleet officer Sylvia Tilly (voiced by Mary Wiseman). As an Away Team, you will investigate a mysterious distress signal originating from an unexplored alien world.
Using iconic Starfleet equipment like the phaser and tricorder, it is up to your crew to work together to solve the mystery and survive the perils along the way. Coming soon to a Sandbox VR location near you!
Past the first two launch cities, additional locations where the Away Mission has been planned for next release include Los Angeles, New York City, Austin, San Diego, and Chicago over the following months; the company also has facilities in Vancouver, Jakarta, Macau, and Singapore which may see Away Mission arrive in future expansions.
What do you think about this new gaming project — if you live near one of the planned cities, will you check out Away Mission? Let us know in the comments below!