Scheduled for Summer, Nationwide Release! The Honor of Kings VR Immersive Interactive Drama "Limited Edition DEMO" Debuts Upgraded at the Shanghai International Film Festival!

On June 22, 2026, the “New Virtual Reality Films Presentation” at the International Film and Television Market of the 2026 Shanghai International Film Festival and Shanghai Television Festival was held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. “Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue,” a free-roam VR immersive experience jointly authorized by Honor of Kings and the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, produced and released by WeForm Space and co-produced by Tiangong Illusion, unveiled multiple core scenes and creative highlights for the first time and presented the project exclusively to partners.

Core Plot Revealed for the First Time

In-Depth Unlocking of Content Highlights

As Honor of Kings’ first VR immersive interactive drama, “Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” does not simply transfer the game into the VR world, nor does it merely pile on space spectacles and science popularization. Instead, it deeply integrates hero-driven emotional storytelling, space exploration, and dream interaction. With Master Luban and Luban No. 7 as its protagonists, the experience uses the unique spatial narrative perspective of free-roam VR to take audiences alongside characters such as Zhuang Zhou and Cai Wenji into the depths of Master Luban’s memories. There, they explore universal emotions surrounding “loneliness and warmth, misunderstanding and reconciliation,” completing a dream rescue mission.

This innovative attempt to reconstruct classic game hero stories through VR has attracted widespread attention from various industries since its debut at the Beijing International Film Festival on April 18. After arriving in Shanghai in May for the “Little King’s Gift Box” brand event at the Oriental Pearl Tower, it leveraged the extensive reach and strong user engagement of the Honor of Kings IP, receiving enthusiastic feedback from large numbers of fans.

From June 20 to 23, “Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” was exhibited at the Shanghai International Film Festival. During the event, the SIFF limited-edition demo was upgraded and released, while the project’s core plot planning and visual effects were unveiled for the first time at the “New Virtual Reality Films Presentation.” The release of numerous creative highlights and detailed information once again drew attention from the industry:

- Three core scenes create an immersive space world: Centered on a space elevator, an academy ceremony, and a deep-space spacecraft, the experience gradually establishes the world of the “Space Jixia Academy.” The secret legend of Master Luban as the “Child of the Storm” sets the stage for the spacecraft’s deviation from its course and the star-sea adventure in which the heroes join the dream rescue mission.

- Emotional storytelling across two layers of dreams: With Zhuang Zhou’s help, players enter Master Luban’s dream alongside Luban No. 7 and Cai Wenji, traveling through false and true dreams in a story about father-son bonds, growth, and healing from trauma.

Powerful Dual-IP Appeal

Highly Popular Featured Project

“Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” marks the first collaboration between the Honor of Kings game IP and the Shanghai Astronomy Museum’s science education IP in the field of VR immersive experiences, creating a new model that combines education with entertainment. Building on Honor of Kings’ vast user base, character recognition, and emotional connections, the project incorporates the Shanghai Astronomy Museum’s professional resources in astronomy education and science communication. Through the distinctive narrative format of free-roam VR, it integrates science-fiction imagination, hero interaction, emotional healing, and astronomy education, further enhancing the depth and richness of the VR experience. At the same time, WeForm Space has incorporated its experience in premium VR content production, multiplayer interactive experiences, and offline operations into the project’s development, ensuring high-quality, complete content production while safeguarding the feasibility of commercial implementation.

At the event, “Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” became a highly popular featured project thanks to its powerful dual-IP appeal and compelling content. The experience area continuously attracted large numbers of industry professionals and media representatives, with visitors lining up to try it, stopping to take photos, and giving interviews. Attention to the project continued to rise.

Leading Operators Sign Early

Accelerating the Rollout Across 100 Cinemas

After experiencing the project, industry professionals, cinema investors, and specialist media representatives offered positive feedback on its IP appeal, high-quality content production, ability to reach audiences of all ages, and suitability for offline commercial applications.

At the event, the project’s producers WeForm Space and Tiangong Illusion reached strategic cooperation agreements with five leading domestic free-roam VR cinema operators—Boxin Universe, Boundaryless Walk, Xiyi Space, Yuande Haoyu, and Shuimu Heshi. The project will continue to expand into high-quality settings such as prime commercial districts, science education venues, and cultural tourism projects. Together with more partners nationwide, the number of cinemas distributing the project is expected to exceed 100.

Seizing the Summer Golden Window

Reaching Cinemas Nationwide

“Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” is expected to officially launch during the 2026 summer season and be distributed to cinemas nationwide, seizing the prime period for family consumption, cultural tourism travel, commercial-district entertainment, and educational trips. Online promotion will continue through trailer releases, social media discussions, experience ambassador recruitment, and influencer recommendations. Offline marketing activities will include a full suite of visual materials, limited-time check-in events, and the sale of co-branded merchandise, igniting a new hotspot in the 2026 free-roam VR market.

Launching a Diverse Version Matrix

Expanding into More Commercial Scenarios

In the future, in addition to the full-length free-roam VR version of “Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue,” Small-Space Games and seated viewing versions will also be launched, creating the industry’s first “1+1+1” VR content product matrix:

- Standard free-roam VR version: Suitable for large venues covering 150–2,000 square meters, including shopping centers, cultural tourism attractions, and museums and science education venues. Cinema formats include long-term cinemas and pop-up cinemas;

- Small-Space Games mode: Suitable for a 6  × 6 meter venue, with a shorter experience duration, stronger interactivity, lower ticket prices, high repurchase rates, and strong revenue efficiency per square meter. It can be combined with a free-roam venue to form a “1+1 golden cinema model,” making it an ideal complementary product for increasing cinema revenue;

- Seated viewing mode: Requires only one seat to operate. This mode can accommodate sudden surges in visitor traffic at cultural tourism attractions, museums, and science education venues, reducing excessive queuing times. It can also meet the needs of ultra-light renovations for traditional cinemas, with no hardware modifications required, enabling a seamless conversion into a virtual reality film screening room while significantly lowering space requirements and renovation costs.

The launch of the diverse version matrix for “Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” will comprehensively enhance the adaptability of VR content to hardware, scenarios, and business models, cover a broader range of offline consumption scenarios, and further expand the market growth potential.

Powered by a Mature Distribution System

Continued Growth in Partnership Momentum

With the classic Chinese game IP “Honor of Kings” + the authoritative science education IP “Shanghai Astronomy Museum,” film-quality production, emotionally powerful storytelling, post-experience social sharing mechanisms, and WeForm Space’s mature distribution system, “Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” offers a combination of “new cinema franchises + introductions to existing venues + flagship cinemas + selected cinemas in museums and science education venues.” This enables a complete closed loop from “IP traffic generation” to “experience conversion” to “commercial monetization.” Through a combination of business formats including offline experience tickets, diverse cinema formats, and customized IP events, it offers a new commercial implementation model featuring “dual-IP crossover VR + full-scenario adaptability + multi-format modular combinations.”

In addition, the “zero franchise fee” partnership program developed for the two major cooperation models—new cinema franchises and introductions to existing venues—has demonstrated strong market expectations and partnership momentum since its launch in April, while continuing to offer diverse cooperation models.

“Voyage Across the Star Sea: Dream Rescue” is steadily completing its market validation, evolving from innovative IP content into a commercial project. With its leading immersive content experience, clear product matrix, and solid path to large-scale expansion, it aims to become a benchmark project in the VR immersive entertainment sector and provide a reference for content upgrades and business model innovation across the industry.