When Pottermore went on a Fantastic Beasts virtual reality experience
The new ground-breaking technology was announced at the Made by Google event in October and the Fantastic Beasts VR Demo debuted at London Comic Con, allowing users to immerse themselves in a virtual world with a 360 degree view. In this case, fans were able to sample a bit of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them before the film’s release on 18 November, and visit a fantastically realistic virtual version of Newt Scamander’s shed.
The process works by using Google’s Pixel phone, and inserting it into the Google Daydream View VR headset. You control your surroundings using a small hand-controller, which doubles up as a wand. YES, you will be using an actual wand. Remain calm.
Pop on a pair of headphones, and the real voice of Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander will talk to you, and guide you around a cyber-realisation of his rather messy shed, which will emulate the setting and style from the film perfectly.
Newt will teach you a few useful spells, before taking you out back to meet some Fantastic Beasts in the (virtual) flesh. At one point, we found ourselves feeding a simply ginormous Graphorn, and let’s just say the moment is far more magnificent than feeding your old Tamagotchi.
See the full story here: https://www.pottermore.com/news/when-pottermore-went-on-a-fantastic-beasts-virtual-reality-experience