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Life Hutch VR is Live!

Imagine being trapped inside with no way out. It’s been days and days and you are losing hope…

Life Hutch VR is Live

Imagine being trapped inside with no way out. It’s been days and days and you are losing hope… The theme of survival exists on multiple l...

The End of the World

The backdrop to Life Hutch VR is a fierce battle between mankind and the alien Kyben race.

Farewell Mr. Ellison

Remembering Harlan Ellison, the writer of Life Hutch and a great visionary of the science fiction world.

Fleshing Out Captain Terrence

Terrence had never been a coward, nor had he been a hero. He was one of the men who fight wars because they must be fought by someone.

The Devil is in the Details

Our goal for Life Hutch VR is to make it so authentic that the player will forget the real world and become completely immersed in the story

Happy New Year from Life Hutch VR

Wrapping up production design and beginning 3D modeling for Life Hutch VR. Our goal is to create an unforgettable immersive experience.

In the Cockpit of Life Hutch VR

Take a seat in the cockpit of Life Hutch VR and enjoy the animatic of our proposed space battle.

One Little Spark

New art from Life Hutch VR and the lessons learned from Disney Imagineering about immersive entertainment and frameless storytelling.

Frameless Storytelling

How Life Hutch VR is taking advantage of 100 years of film technique and the new concept of frameless filmmaking in our production.

VR Visualization

We have been very busy creating the key scenes of Life Hutch VR. Here are just a few of my favorite concepts.

Breathing Life Into VR

After months of writing and designing, the life hutch has come to life in the fully functional VR prototype.

The Dark side of Artificial Intelligence

The design team for Life Hutch VR has been hard at work finishing off the robot ELLIS and he looks awesome!

Life Hutch VR Takes Flight

Every gamer and science fiction fan dreams of getting behind the controls of a spaceship to attack the alien mothership and Life Hutch VR...

ELLIS - Your VR Robot Friend

VR storytelling has its roots in the same creative process as novels, films, comic books, and video games. Great design for fiction relie...

Refining the Life Hutch

We have made great progress on prototyping the main location for Life Hutch VR. The life hutch itself is a pivotal setting to the story a...

VR Production Design

Production design has become critical as film, game design, and VR converge into a new art form. And with Agile development, it is more i...

Live from the Life Hutch

Our early prototype of Life Hutch VR is up and running. Check out this video capture taken directly from an Oculus Rift.

The Killer App for VR

I have dabbled with 3D and VR since the early days, but it was never rich enough to capture audiences the way I wanted. VR technology tod...

In the Beginning

“God bless you, little life hutch, he thought, before he fainted.” These final words from Harlan Ellison’s story “Life Hutch” are the begi

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