X-Men at Comic Con: Experience the power of Cerebro!

Via The Associated Press — Comic-Con attendees will have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to enter the mind of Professor X.

20th Century Fox has created an “X-Men”-themed virtual reality stunt especially for the pop-culture convention, which kicks off Thursday in San Diego. The interactive digital experience utilizes the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, which is not yet available to consumers, to simulate the fictional Cerebro technology used to track down mutants by the character portrayed by Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy in the “X-Men” films.

The 360-degree, 90-second virtual adventure will take place on the Comic-Con show floor inside Fox’s booth, where attendees will sit in a replica of Professor X’s wheelchair and virtually hunt shape-shifting mutant Mystique in the San Diego Convention Center. Each experience will be recorded and made available for users to share on social media.

Fox is using the VR stunt to promote the Oct. 14 Blu-ray release of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. At its booth on the Comic-Con show floor, the studio will sell limited-edition copies of a Blu-ray box set that includes all the “X-Men” films in a replica of the Cerebro helmet.

During a demonstration of the “X-Men” experience to The Associated Press ahead of its Comic-Con debut, the short interactive film narrated by a Patrick Stewart sound-a-like mimicked what it might look like to roll into the iconic domed Cerebro chamber depicted in the “X-Men” films and harness Professor X’s telepathic powers to spot characters like Wolverine in a crowd.

Click here to view screencaps from the “experience.”