BBC, Rewind venture out for VR Spacewalk

Rewind’s Home – A VR Spacewalk is an interactive experience for the BBC

UK pubcaster the BBC has linked up with local production studio Rewind on a virtual reality show that takes viewers into space.

Home – A VR Spacewalk is an interactive VR experience that is available for free on the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.

It was inspired by the Nasa training programmes followed by British astronaut Tim Peake and allows viewers to embark on a spacewalk 250 miles above the Earth’s surface.

Viewers are tasked with making a repair to the outside of the International Space Station, before being confronted with a terrifying emergency situation.

The show has been in development since 2016 and has been shown at film festivals around the world. It is the first experience the BBC has released for HTC Vive.

Tom Burton, head of interactive and virtual reality at BBC Studios and director of Home – A VR Spacewalk, said: “Home represents the very best of the BBC, bringing brilliant creative together with cutting-edge technologies to create an experience you wouldn’t get anywhere else.

“Making this experience available to those who have the devices will give people a taste of what it must be like to visit the International Space Station and walk in space for real.”