--- title: Breaking Bad Creator Vince Gilligan Making Virtual Reality description: 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan is teaming up with Sony for a virtual reality project that will revisit the world of Walter White. canonical: https://time.com/4805233/breaking-bad-virtual-reality/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-05T15:17:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T07:18:30.000Z og:title: A 'Breaking Bad' Virtual Reality Experience Is In the Works og:description: Creator Vince Gilligan is teaming up with Sony's PlayStation og:url: https://time.com/4805233/breaking-bad-virtual-reality/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49fce56598dc5332/6988d01b8fd2ee124235758e/breaking-bad-virtual-reality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Smithsonian's National Museum of American History "Breaking Bad" Collection og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A 'Breaking Bad' Virtual Reality Experience Is In the Works twitter:description: Creator Vince Gilligan is teaming up with Sony's PlayStation twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49fce56598dc5332/6988d01b8fd2ee124235758e/breaking-bad-virtual-reality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A 'Breaking Bad' Virtual Reality Experience Is Headed Your Way to Keep the Cult Show Alive > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) Kris Connor—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:18 AM UTCPublished: Jun 5, 2017 3:17 PM UTC In case you just haven’t gotten enough of [Walter White](http://time.com/4597357/donald-trump-walter-white-saturday-night-live/) and [Jesse Pinkman](http://time.com/4292409/breaking-bad-easter-egg-vince-gilligan-missed/), take comfort in knowing that you’ll be able to experience the world of [_Breaking Bad_ ](http://time.com/4699564/breaking-bad-fan-movie/)in virtual reality. Show creator Vince Gilligan is teaming up with Sony’s PlayStation division to make a non-game virtual reality project based on the cult show. While both Gilligan and Sony are remaining mum on many of the details about it, Sony did confirm that the project won’t be releasing this year. Sony Global game development boss [Shawn Layden told _TIME_](http://time.com/4804768/playstation-4-ps4-pro-psvr-sales/) that the project is part of a larger push for virtual reality with mainstream pop culture. “We have Hollywood luminaries and TV show runners, places like the Smithsonian and \[NASA’s\] Jet Propulsion Laboratory looking into what the technology can do for them,” he said. “And recently you may have seen Vince Gilligan, the show runner for _Breaking Bad_, has leaked some information that we’re working together, which we are, in bringing a _Breaking Bad_ experience to virtual reality.” While Layden’s not sure what the end product will look like, he remains excited for the project. “I have no idea, but Vince has shown that he can deliver.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4805233/breaking-bad-virtual-reality/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4805233/breaking-bad-virtual-reality/"},"headline":"A 'Breaking Bad' Virtual Reality Experience Is Headed Your Way to Keep the Cult Show Alive","datePublished":"2017-06-05T15:17:53.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T07:18:30.000Z","description":"Creator Vince Gilligan is teaming up with Sony's PlayStation","url":"https://time.com/4805233/breaking-bad-virtual-reality/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","breaking bad","Virtual Reality"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49fce56598dc5332/6988d01b8fd2ee124235758e/breaking-bad-virtual-reality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49fce56598dc5332/6988d01b8fd2ee124235758e/breaking-bad-virtual-reality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Smithsonian's National Museum of American History \"Breaking Bad\" Collection","caption":"Smithsonian's National Museum of American History \"Breaking Bad\" Collection","creditText":"Kris Connor—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4805233/breaking-bad-virtual-reality/","name":"A 'Breaking Bad' Virtual Reality Experience Is Headed Your Way to Keep the Cult Show Alive"}}]}] ```