Star Wars: The Force Awakens VR Experience Announced

Empire is continuing their extensive run of Star Wars: The Force Awakens exclusives with an all-new Captain Phasma image to add to the growing collection.

Navigate the streets in your own personal tie fighter!

Disney announced today that in collaboration with Google, Star Wars fans will have an opportunity to share in immersive experiences-Awaken the Force Within and Google Cardboard Virtual Reality-to promote Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Episode VII of the Star Wars saga is set 30 years after the events of 1983’s Return Of The Jedi.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as if you didn’t know, officially hits theaters in the US on December 18. The Star Wars VR debut is the result of a partnership between Disney, Google, and Verizon.

Google users will now be able to choose between the light and dark sides of the force when they use Google’s services on their desktops.

As for which applications you will see changes take place, Google lists that YouTube, Chromecast, Google Maps, Waze, Gmail, Inbox, Google Translate, Android Wear, Google Search, and Google Calendar will all see a Star Wars transformation.

Google is also getting in the spirit of things with a new tool that will allow you to show your allegiance to the dark side or the light in all your Google Apps. Android users will see a full transformation of Google Now where “cards automatically appear in your feed with “this day in Star Wars history” fun facts”.

Video-Check out The Force Awakens Monorail! And we’ve hidden a few easter eggs, too.

In his blog post, Clay Bavor, VP of Product Management, says that more of the Star Wars fan-stuff is on its way prior to the release, including the Millennium Falcon in Google Cardboard VR headset.