German Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin reimagined “Tomb Island” over and over, pursuing both the scene’s dark mystery and its runaway commercial appeal: with the title improved by a canny agent, it became the first great fantasy art wall print. And soon you’ll be able to explore each of the variations in virtual reality.
There’s precious little to tease the project beyond the trailer embedded above, but I always thought Tomb Island would be the perfect setting for a retro Myst-style mystery adventure game and it looks like I’m going to get exactly what I want.
