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Meta to Help Bring ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ to 3D Screens — and Its $1,299 VR Glasses
Meta and Lionsgate are converting *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* into 3D for its cinema release and for Meta’s forthcoming VR glasses. It is Meta’s first collaboration with a film studio on a 3D conversion, showing how the company plans to bring more cinematic experiences into the home.
The film is due in cinemas on 20 November, with the 3D version expected on Meta’s $1,299 VR glasses when they launch in spring. The conversion was made with DNEG, which has worked on 3D versions of films including *Dune: Part One* and *Venom*. The story follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, through the 50th Hunger Games.
In short
- Meta and Lionsgate are converting the new Hunger Games film to 3D.
- The cinema release is scheduled for 20 November.
- Its 3D version is planned for Meta’s $1,299 VR glasses.
Explained simply
The Hunger Games is a series of books and films set in a future society where young people are forced to compete in a televised fight for survival. Haymitch Abernathy is a character from the original story; this film follows him when he is young, during the 50th Hunger Games.
Lionsgate is the film studio behind the release, while DNEG is a visual-effects company that has worked on 3D films. Meta makes virtual-reality headsets, which use screens worn over the eyes to create an immersive viewing experience.
The project links cinema 3D with home viewing through a headset, as film studios and technology companies explore new ways to show films. It is Meta’s first 3D-conversion collaboration with a film studio.
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