Entertainment companies explore how to use the "magical" metaverse to blur reality
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From "Tron" to "The Matrix" to "Ready Player One" — The virtual world is becoming a reality.
Filmmaker Maureen Fan is one the entertainment visionaries upgrading traditional 2-D movies to an entirely new experience. Her studio created a virtual set for the award-winning animated, interactive film "Baba Yaga," starring Glenn Close and Kate Winslet.
She told CBS News that soon people will be able to inhabit the "universes" of mainstream movies like "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings."
Earlier this year, a botched "Willy Wonka" exhibit in Glasgow, Scotland, went viral – because what was promised to be an immersive experience filled with fun and candy was far from that. Instead, it was a largely barren warehouse with lackluster decorations and no chocolate. Now, the experience – which outraged some attendees enough to call the cops – is being turned into a musical.