This is how the new virtual reality installment of 'The Ministry of Time' was filmed

Future Lighthouse develops 'Ministerio VR: Save Time' that can be enjoyed on the main high-end VR devices, which allow you to move and pick up objects to advance the story.

After the success of the first experience, comes the new virtual experience of The Ministry of Time that will make the most active fans of the series produced by RTVE in collaboration with Onza Entertainment enjoy. It promises new missions, more interactivity and new enemies in an immersive, time-trial experience that can be enjoyed with the main high-end VR glasses and devices, so that the user can now move and pick up objects to solve the posed puzzles. save time It is part of the transmedia universe of the series, with a story that integrates and complements the contents of the third season.

The director of TVE's Analysis and New Projects area, Ignacio Gómez, has presented that this project is "a small thriller with which we wanted to create an experience in which the fan has a leading role and interacts with the protagonists. We were looking to do something more participatory and interactive where the viewer would have more autonomy. This way no two people will have the same experience."

Javier Olivares, creator of The Ministry of Time and co-writer of the chapter, has valued this experience as the fact that it shares with the series one of its essential characteristics, being a pioneer in offering a new way of seeing things. To do this, he explained, "you have to write differently and approach things differently. It is an exciting territory that forces directors and scriptwriters to consider many things."

“From this new experience, compared to the previous one, which was more passive, “the qualitative leap is impressive. As a user you have to decide what happens and you don't always win,” added the chapter's co-writer Pablo Lara.

The CEO of Future Lighthouse, the company that, like the first VR installment, has developed the project, Roberto Romero, has highlighted that "it is important for public television to push innovation and not set limits, to accompany the viewer so that they can see the future."

The script for this virtual episode has been written by Pablo Lara and Javier Olivares, one of the creators of the series who already participated in a cameo in the first virtual episode. Directed by Pablo Lara and Rafa Pavón, the story features the participation of actors Jaime Blanch, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Macarena García.
A production by RTVE, Onza Entertainment and Future Lighthouse, the studio that developed the experience for the first episode, which received praise, international criticism and awards.

Immersive experience

The followers of The Ministry of Time They will be participants in the award-winning La 1 series thanks to this new immersive experience in which they will become one of the protagonists of a mission against time. VR Ministry: Save Time It is a unique virtual reality experience in which you can interact with some of the series' regular characters and tour several of the Ministry's locations.

The minister will cross the doors of time and, once immersed in virtual reality, will find himself trapped in a plot against the clock that will test his cool. With the help of Salvador and Irene, you must investigate at full speed, move and collect objects to decipher the enigma that will save Lola Mendieta.

The 10-minute episode incorporates elements taken from video games and Escape Rooms to generate an intense and challenging interactive experience.

This new virtual episode represents a step forward after the premiere a year ago of Time in your hands, the first VR experience of The Ministry of Time that made the RTVE series a pioneer in the world.

On this occasion, the experience increases interactivity and will allow the user to move and pick up objects, beyond being able to enter and see inside the Ministry. 'Save Time' takes advantage of the latest technological possibilities offered by virtual reality and the new devices that have appeared on the market this year.

save time It can be seen on the main high-end virtual reality devices: PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive available on the Steam platform, as well as Samsung GEAR. You will have to download the application VR Ministry: Save time in the usual stores for each device. It will not be accessible only with mobile phones nor can it be seen with the lowest quality cardboard glasses (cardboard).