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STARCLASH Makes You the Main Character on Apple Vision Pro

The new 33-minute immersive film looks you in the eye, welcomes you like a celebrity, and builds toward a crowd-filled performance.

By Justin Ryan · · 2 min read

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Four STARCLASH characters pose above a cheering animated crowd
STARCLASH surrounds the viewer with an animated cast, a huge stage, and a crowd that treats them like the star.Image: TACK Entertainment

STARCLASH is now available on Apple Vision Pro, turning you into the returning star of a 33-minute immersive animated film.

Characters greet you face to face, fans cheer as you walk a red carpet, and the story builds toward a performance on a huge stage. The eye contact, vibrant animation, and first-person staging make it feel less like watching an animated movie and more like stepping inside one.

Watch Justin Ryan step inside STARCLASH and talk with director Jack Yoshida about how the immersive animated experience was made.Video: Spatial Insider

Behind the scenes

STARCLASH comes from TACK Entertainment and developer Qrow Ple. Ltd. Founder and director Jack Yoshida told me this was his first animation project and that fewer than 10 people made it.

STARCLASH director Jack Yoshida speaking during an interview with Spatial Insider
STARCLASH director Jack Yoshida spoke with Spatial Insider about creating the 33-minute experience with a team of fewer than 10 people.Image: Spatial Insider

Yoshida said STARCLASH grew from a simple idea: let viewers walk the red carpet, hear a crowd cheer, and step onto a huge stage as the story's main character.

Building that first-person world required the team to create its own stereoscopic virtual camera inside Unreal Engine, which captured the separate high-resolution views needed for immersive depth. The characters' exaggerated facial expressions were animated by hand, keyframe by keyframe, rather than generated with AI. DaVinci Resolve and Pro Tools handled the spatial-audio edit and mix, placing voices, music, and the crowd around the viewer.

Availability

STARCLASH is free to download with a preview of the opening. The complete experience costs $14.99 as a one-time in-app purchase, requires visionOS 26 or later, and needs an additional download of about 20 GB. It is also available for Meta Quest.

See the Recommended rating, firsthand video, and App Store link on the STARCLASH app page (opens in a new tab).

TACK Entertainment sponsored the accompanying video and provided Spatial Insider with free prerelease access through TestFlight. I watched the complete experience on Apple Vision Pro. My opinions and Recommended rating are my own.

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