As VR is still very much in the nascent stages of its existence, partnering with a pop culture property as beloved as Breaking Bad could mark a significant shift towards bringing virtual reality into a mainstream audience that isn’t necessarily interested in gaming.
We will just have to wait and see what Vince Gilligan cooks up.
This development could be an enormous boom for the storytelling format, as well.
Sony Interactive Entertainment actually brought in a handful of TV showrunners, such as The Blacklist’s David Shore and Battlestar Galactica’s Ron Moore, to discuss and play around with the company’s VR programs, and apparently Vince Gilligan jumped at the chance to take it further.