Invisible Is a First Foray Into Scripted VR Storytelling

Doug Liman, director of Edge of Tomorrow and The Bourne Identity -- not to mention the upcoming Dark Universe (DC’s Justice League Dark movie) and Edge of Tomorrow 2 -- embarked on his first foray into virtual reality with Invisible, an episodic drama that requires a VR headset like the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive to view.

Invisible isn’t just a first for Liman, though; it’s one of the first ever (possibly the first) live action, scripted, narrative projects made exclusively for virtual reality.

The short (five to seven minutes) episodes concern the Ashlands, a wealthy and powerful family who possess the power of invisibility, passed down to some members through the luck of genetics. When the Ashland patriarch, the current generation’s grandfather, dies, he grants the young Tatiana, whose chief concern is humanitarian work, control of the lucrative family company. Naturally this pisses off Tatiana’s great uncle Gordon, who’s enacting his own sinister plot to artificially grant himself the family power of invisibility.

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