Many Worlds
Five years before Netflix's Bandersnatch, "many worlds" allowed viewers to change a film's story using their brainwaves: Two students Charlie and Olivia arrive at the apartment of their friend to try and cheer her up on her 19th birthday. They find Connie, a physics student, has sealed herself in a coffin-sized box with a cyanide gas-capsule connected to a Geiger counter. At any time a large enough burst of cosmic rays in the atmosphere could trigger the cyanide and kill Connie; in fact it could already have happened. Charlie also a physics student realizes Connie is performing a twisted version of a famous quantum physics experiment about the nature of reality, but one that was never meant to be performed in real-life. Over the next 10 minutes through a mysterious camera observing the room we learn the true reason for the experiment. However: precisely what happens and what we find out, may change each time this computer-controlled film is seen, depending on the audience's feelings. These reactions are automatically detected using biological sensors in the cinema, sensors for: brainwaves, heart-rate, perspiration and muscle tension. For example if the audience seem inattentive during a section of story which is fairly relaxed, the next section selected by computer could be more upbeat. Or if they seem too happy during a section which is meant to be sad, the next section to be selected could be the saddest possible. 'many worlds' was the first film to allow this to all happen unconsciously.
- Released
- 2013
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Release year: 2013
Storyline
Five years before Netflix's Bandersnatch, "many worlds" allowed viewers to change a film's story using their brainwaves: Two students Charlie and Olivia arrive at the apartment of their friend to try and cheer her up on her 19th birthday. They find Connie, a physics student, has sealed herself in a coffin-sized box with a cyanide gas-capsule connected to a Geiger counter. At any time a large enough burst of cosmic rays in the atmosphere could trigger the cyanide and kill Connie; in fact it could already have happened. Charlie also a physics student realizes Connie is performing a twisted version of a famous quantum physics experiment about the nature of reality, but one that was never meant to be performed in real-life. Over the next 10 minutes through a mysterious camera observing the room we learn the true reason for the experiment. However: precisely what happens and what we find out, may change each time this computer-controlled film is seen, depending on the audience's feelings. These reactions are automatically detected using biological sensors in the cinema, sensors for: brainwaves, heart-rate, perspiration and muscle tension. For example if the audience seem inattentive during a section of story which is fairly relaxed, the next section selected by computer could be more upbeat. Or if they seem too happy during a section which is meant to be sad, the next section to be selected could be the saddest possible. 'many worlds' was the first film to allow this to all happen unconsciously.