On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World).
On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World) is a VR film.
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On the morning you wake (to the end of the world)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Back in 2018, during the height of Donald Trump’s tensions with North Korea, someone mistakenly woke the people of Hawaii by activating an alarm saying a ballistic nuclear missile was on its way.

It was a horrifying event for those who woke up to the message signaling the end of the world, and now people can relive it in virtual reality in an immersive VR documentary dubbed On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.