Popular American cable TV channel AMC has launched the AMC VR app for Gear VR and Daydream featuring 360 video content, movie trailers, and more.

Now available on Gear VR and Daydream (and as flat apps on iOS and Android), the AMC VR app allows users to enter the worlds of original series such as The Walking Dead, Into the Badlands, and more.

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Image courtesy AMC Networks
Image courtesy AMC Networks
Image courtesy AMC Networks
Image courtesy AMC Networks

Viewers can experience scenarios such as being trapped in a car and needing to survive the night from The Walking Dead, or getting Hong Kong-style martial arts training from the Into the Badlands fight camp. The ‘Screening Room’ in the app grants a look at recent AMC original series trailers and behind the scenes videos. Below is the list of the app’s initial content lineup:

The Walking Dead (Directed by Greg Nicotero)

  • Attacked Pt. 1: Trapped – You’re trapped in an abandoned car. Can you last until help arrives?
  • Attacked Pt. 2: Surrounded – The walkers are closing in now, and time is running out.
  • Attacked Pt. 3: Devoured – Unfortunately, not everyone makes it out alive in this world.
  • Attacked Pt. 4: Herd – You’re the walking dead. Join the herd.

Into the Badlands

  • Virtual Reality Fight Camp – Immerse yourself in training camp as series stars Daniel Wu, Aramis Knight and Ally Ioannides watch themselves practice a choreographed fight.
  • Tilda on the Wire – Daniel Wu (Sunny) teaches Ally Ioannides (Tilda) how to use a dead body to her advantage for a Season 2 scene of “Into the Badlands.”

Screening Room

  • The Walking Dead Season 8 Trailer
  • Wrapping Up Into the Badlands Season 2
  • Segment from Ride With Norman Reedus

The Walking Dead’s 100th episode airs on Sunday October, 22nd at 9pm EST on AMC, and following this episode the AMC VR app will debut with a 360-degree bonus scene from the Season 8 premiere starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Seth Gilliam.

“With the launch of AMC VR, we are pleased to bring shows like The Walking Dead and Into the Badlands to life in an immersive and experiential way,” says Mac McKean, EVP of Innovation and Product Development for AMC and SundanceTV. “Viewers want to enter the worlds they watch on AMC, and this app brings them there.”

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Leslee Everett
  • Chad Michael Dyle

    Why can’t they make these available for the Oculus and HTC Vive as well?

    • WITHIN

      Hi Chad! You can watch The Walking Dead experience on Oculus and HTC Vive on the WITHIN app. You can download the app here: with.in/app.

      • Chad Michael Dyle

        Awesome! Thank you for letting me know that. I will download it right now and check it out.

  • VRgameDevGirl

    So is this just 360°and stereoscopic??

    • benz145

      360 but probably not stereoscopic.

  • Graham J ⭐️

    Vive please.

    • WITHIN

      Hi Graham,

      The Walking Dead experience is available on Vive on the WITHIN app. You can download the app here: with.in/app

      • Graham J ⭐️

        Experience is what you have when you consume media, not the media itself. Thanks for the tip though!

  • Enbee

    That’s pretty awesome. Really hoping Telltale makes a VR Walking Dead game someday.