It’s named after the British battleship that launched in 1906 that was so technologically advanced it made other naval vessels redundant.
Antoniades believes his Dreadnought will be equally revolutionary. He wants to create virtual worlds that the user can step into using a headset and have an extraordinary experience. Perhaps you could be Jason searching for the legendary Golden Fleece or a soldier landing on the beaches of Normandy. As with the Insight Project, it will be indistinguishable from real life and, unlike current VR, will contain virtual humans that participate in the experience and respond to you in a meaningful way – like being in the Matrix. “It is going to redefine what entertainment, or even reality, is,” he says. “It will be a new medium, probably the last new medium, because you can’t get any closer to reality.” Hellblade, the Insight Project, everything that Ninja Theory is working on – they are all test beds for Project Dreadnought. “I’ll do that, then I’ll probably quit.”
