Fox Box-Office Hit ‘Martian’ Set for Virtual Reality

New York Times: 20th Century Fox and its internal Fox Innovation Lab are preparing for the commercial release of a virtual reality experience, using special headsets from Oculus and other devices. In the first half of 2016, it will take viewers deep inside the imperiled life of Mark Watney, the astronaut marooned on a dead red planet in the box-office hit “The Martian.” Filmmaker Robert Stromberg has spent months directing a separate, virtual reality program for the film. It will become the first among dozens such products planned by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.