Price at Time Of Review: Free
Comfort Rating: Green (No Movement)
Genre: Interactive Experience
Supported Platforms: Oculus Quest 2 Only
Supported Controllers: Oculus Touch
Best Playing Position: Standing, Roomscale
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
Description: On January 13th 2018, 1.4m people across Hawai’i received an SMS from the state’s Emergency Management Agency: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
In the minutes that followed, they were forced to confront existential questions that had been unthinkable just moments before: where could they go for shelter? What would remain of their communities if they survived a nuclear blast? How could they explain to their children why we live in a world where such unimaginable destruction was possible? And how could their own Government continue to pursue nuclear policies that threaten the entire global population every day?
Review: ‘On the Morning You Wake’ is a political, slightly interactive animated experience about the 2018 Hawaii false missile alert. Yes, spoiler alert it was just a miscommunication during a drill and it caused panic to thousands of people. They talk about their experiences, their fears, their thoughts and to be fair it is beautifully presented and kept me amused for a good while (38-minute in total). For a freebie, it is worth a look, but do be warned there is a lot of anti-nuclear politics here.
