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Audi is getting into the entertainment business — well, sort of…
The car-maker is collaborating with Disney Games and Interactive Experiences this week at CES to demonstrate how a car’s backseat can be more than just a place to hangout while you travel to your final destination.
Using a virtual reality headset in this limited-run experience, passengers could shoot lasers at asteroids and drones, and fly through space with Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon guiding them around.
Iron Man also makes an appearance and flies alongside the car. But this isn’t simply sticking on a headset and pressing play — the VR world matches what’s happening with the car in the real world. If the car turns, so does the rocket ship. You brake suddenly, so does the game. Read more…
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View More Disney’s Star Wars Land could open in June, says CEO Bob IgerIn 2009, Disney paid $4 billion to acquire Marvel. Less than 10 years later, in 2018, Marvel movies accounted for more than half of Disney’s $7.3 billion box office haul.
I’d say that was a good investment, wouldn’t you?
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