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NC's FIRST INTERACTIVE VR FILM · FREE ON SIDEQUEST

RIGHT HERE
RIGHT NOW

LIVE OR DIE?... YOUR CHOICE

North Carolina's first interactive live-action VR film — shot in 11K, presented in 4K. Step inside the story. Every decision you make determines whether you survive — or don't.

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Right Here Right Now Poster
16 SCENE NODES
22 BRANCH EDGES
180° IMMERSIVE FOV
7.1 SPATIAL AUDIO
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11K SHOT · 4K PRESENTED
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THE NARRATIVE

YOU ARE
LUCAS.

A picnic date turns violent when your girlfriend Janaye confronts you — then armed strangers take everything. Bound in an abandoned warehouse, every second counts. Every choice echoes.

Do you sacrifice yourself to protect her? Do you tell the truth, or construct a lie? Do you bolt for the door and risk a bullet, or wait for the right moment?

TAKE ME INSTEAD KILL HER WORTHLESS ASS TELL THE TRUTH RUN FOR IT WAIT & PLAN GAME OVER
BRANCHING LOGIC

EVERY NODE.
EVERY EDGE.

The Alacrity Hub maps a living logic web of 16 scenes and 22 branching paths. Your loyalty, honesty, and survival instincts are all tracked.

EVENT ZERO · CATALYST
THE PICNIC CONFRONTATION

Janaye demands answers. The tension peaks before strangers arrive and change everything.

FORCES THE STORY
EVENT A · LOYALTY TEST
THE FIRST CHOICE

Bound in the warehouse. Sacrifice yourself for Janaye, or betray her to survive?

PATH-DEFINING
EVENT B/C · RELATIONAL
THE TRUTH OR THE LIE

Confess the affair, blame the anniversary, or ignore the fallout entirely and focus on escape.

RELATIONSHIP TRACK
EVENT D · SURVIVAL
THE ESCAPE WINDOW

Quick-Time Event: run for the door and risk a bullet, or wait to rip the restraints. Both paths diverge hard.

POSSIBLE ESCAPE
BRANCH 1A
TAKE ME INSTEAD

Selflessness in the face of a gun. A bold gambit that may buy Janaye her life — or cost you yours.

HEROIC OUTCOME
BRANCH 2A · FATAL
GAME OVER

Wrong move, wrong timing. A gunshot rings out and the screen fades to black. Some choices have permanent consequences.

FATAL ENDING
THE PIPELINE

ALACRITY
HUB

No template existed for this. We built one. The Alacrity Hub is a bespoke production pipeline — a visual node-graph that manages emotional tension metrics, tracks story branches, and exports directly to Unity's VR Player.

HEADSET Meta Quest Family
CAMERA RIG Insta360 Titan + Canon R-Series
RESOLUTION Shot 11K · Presented in 4K
AUDIO Ambisonic · 7.1 Binaural
POST DaVinci Resolve · 1TB+ per shoot
GAME ENGINE Unity · JSON VR Bundle
COMPLIANCE VRC.Quest.Privacy.1 Verified
DISTRIBUTION SideQuest · Meta Horizon (coming)
// ALACRITY HUB · EXPORT PIPELINE
STORY MAP NODE GRAPH
→
HUB JSON BUNDLE
→
UNITY VR PLAYER
→
APK META QUEST
16 SCENE NODES
22 BRANCH EDGES
3 STORY TRACKS
100 TENSION SCALE
GRAPH HEALTH: ● ALL NODES CONNECTED · ACTIVE
THE PEOPLE

THE TEAM
BEHIND IT

A cross-disciplinary collaboration between UNCW's Film and Computer Science departments — one year of independent research made into a historic first.

DIRECTOR / WRITER
D.C. AGWU
DIRECTOR / WRITER
TOMMY BOWERS
LEAD ACTOR · LUCAS POV
LUKE HUGHES
LEAD ACTRESS · JANAYE
JAYNA JK
ART DIRECTOR
JACK LEMASTERS
GRIP & ELECTRIC
ROGERS FERGUSON
GRIP & ELECTRIC
DALTON SLADE
BTS CINEMATOGRAPHY
MARTIN MCGOWAN FILMS
UNITY INTEGRATION · CS GRAD
KIAN MILEY
Interactive architecture &
Unity VR pipeline · UNCW CS
VR PROFESSOR · UNCW CS DEPT.
DR. PEDRO ACEVEDO
Sponsoring Faculty
IFML LAB · UNCW FILM DEPT.
STEFANI BYRD
Sponsoring Faculty
PRODUCTION
D.C ALACRITY PRODUCTIONS
BEHIND THE FILM

THE PROCESS

No template existed. We invented the pipeline — from a custom multipathway screenplay format to a proprietary VR story engine. Here's a look inside.

SCRIPT STUDIO
SCRIPT STUDIO

Alacrity Hub — multipathway screenplay format built for VR. Each branch, each event, mapped and tracked.

STORY MAP
STORY MAP

16 nodes · 22 edges. The living logic web that powers every branching decision in the film.

IN THE HEADSET
IN THE HEADSET

Early playtest at UNCW — real-time viewer agency, spatial audio, and live-action 360° immersion.

WHAT COMES NEXT

THE ROADMAP

01
META HORIZON STORE LAUNCH

VRC compliance verified. Privacy policy live. The next step is porting directly to the Meta Horizon Store to reach the full mainstream Quest audience.

02
AI SCRIPT IMPORTER

The Alacrity Hub's next iteration will auto-parse multipathway screenplays and generate the full node-web instantly — cutting pre-production from weeks to seconds.

03
QUANTUM LEAP PREMIUM DLC

Advanced narrative branches available as premium content. New environments, chiaroscuro lighting, and atmospheric depth far beyond the warehouse.

04
THE EXPERIENCE ARCHITECT

The long-term vision: immersive architectural spaces — digital and physical — where the line between viewer and narrative is permanently erased.

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