LOS ANGELES—Virtual reality pioneer Anna Lee is releasing The Black Box Collection, Season 1, a 14-episode ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) viirtual reality series. The series marks the first release by Lee’s production company, 2049 Entertainment, in collaboration with PVR.fun.
“What makes Black Box unique is that it’s an ASMR series of solo scenes specifically shot in a way that viewers of all genders can enjoy the experience. While the scenes are unscripted, the performers’ dialogue is gender neutral and non-binary to be inclusive of all fans of erotic VR,” said Lee.
The series got its name from the set where the project was staged: a large black box designed for the production by industry veteran Alex Ladd, who also served as the project’s director of photography.
Lee described the set design choice: “The choice to place the performer in an all-black space was made to invoke a sense of suspended reality, allowing you to focus only on what is in front of you, the performer, and to hear exactly what is happening with the audio. Audio plays an extremely important role. Using ASMR techniques and influence to really create a total immersion experience—it's what I feel is lacking in a lot of the current VR productions today and the entire reason why VR exists.”
The series has drawn the participation of many high-profile performers: Tera Patrick, Penny Pax, Kira Noir, Kenzie Taylor, Charlotte Stokely, Cherie DeVille, Missy Martinez, Lily
Lane, Katy Jayne, Lyra Law, Elena Koshka, Audrey Noir and Ela Darling, who also worked as the production manager for the series.
“I’m so honored to have been a part of making Black Box come to life. It’s been a longtime goal of mine to work with Anna Lee, so being able to both perform in the series as well as help produce it was a dream come true,” said Darling. “The footage is impeccable and every scene is unique to the performer being featured. It’s visually stunning, authentic and hypnotizing.”
As with her previous work, Lee crafted each scene around the individual performer being showcased. “Every scene is tailored to the performer, her specific strengths and skills and a lot of her personality. I wanted the viewer to feel like they were actually sitting with the performer,” explained Lee. “Black Box is my best work to date. It is also the first series where I was able to really achieve something new and unparallelled using the VR medium.”
All 14 episodes will be available immediately on the release date but fans can catch an free preview of a Comic-Con-inspired scene starring Ela Darling today on PVR.fun before the entire collection drops on Friday.
