Cyan Inc. released the launch trailer for Myst for VR! (virtual reality) It comes out on the Occulus store tomorrow, December 10th, with other other stores following later. It is also playable in non-VR.
Cyan Inc. released a new Atrus journal entry about can Age called “Crow”. It looks like it was written to help promote Cyan’s new phone app called “Crowbox” but there is also a new vr Myst coming out. Either way it is a nice read;
Update on the Myst TV series from Rand Miller during his Mysterium interview. They are still working with Village Roadshow for the first stage. He stated it will be an episodic show. It will not be just the old story but move forward. They are making more progress than ever before and are more involved than ever before. He discusses it at 18:27
At 20:42 Philip Shane the director of “The Myst Documentary” discusses one of the ideas he has for the film, in which they take Rand and Robyn Miller give a walking tour of Myst and Riven (it sounds like he means having them appear to walk inside the game) in which they will peel up the ground to show what is underneath or how they went about designing.
“The Myst Documentary” kickstarter is currently almost at 75% as of this writing and can still be backed up till August 13.
At 34:32 Rand and Robyn Miller discuss the original plans for the mine cart maze in the Selenitic Age of Myst. Originally, they were planning on what they describe as a Dr. Seuss like underground walking maze in which you would press buttons at intersections to hear a sound.
You can see the filmography of the director here, he has good list of past documentaries he has directed that includes “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey” and “Einstein”;