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CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made VR Recreation of the USS Enterprise

posted by martyb on Monday October 01 2018, @11:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the Stage-9-From-Outer-Space dept.

canopic jug writes:

Stage 9 was a non-commercial, virtual reality recreation of Star Trek The Next Generation's Enterprise starship. It allowed fans of the series to explore the beloved vessel and immerse themselves in the chief setting of the series. It was built over the past two years using Unreal Engine 4 by fans who have taken great pains to state that the project was not affiliated or licensed with CBS or Paramount and that they weren't doing this to make money, only to artistically demonstrate their fandom. That did not stop CBS from sending a cease and desist letter, thus shutting down the project as CBS was reportedly unwilling to engage in dialog.

From Techdirt : CBS Bullies Fan Star Trek Project To Shut Down Despite Creators' Pleas For Instructions On Being Legit
and at Ars Technica : Amazing NCC-1701-D simulator issues final command: "all stop"
and at TorrentFreak : CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise

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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Tuesday October 02 2018, @06:44PM (2 children)

    by darkfeline (1030) on Tuesday October 02 2018, @06:44PM (#742994) Homepage

    I thought this was talking about the USS Enterprise as in the aircraft carrier and thought it was awesome that a VR recreation was made and confusing that it was shut down.

    Isn't the Enterprise in Star Trek supposed to be an intergalactic ship or something? Why does it have the ship prefix of United States Ship? I've heard that Star Trek had a lot of attention to detail, but it seems like this was one glaring detail that they overlooked.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by acid andy on Tuesday October 02 2018, @08:40PM

    by acid andy (1683) on Tuesday October 02 2018, @08:40PM (#743051) Homepage Journal

    Nope. It's the United Space Ship Enterprise.

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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday October 02 2018, @10:02PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Tuesday October 02 2018, @10:02PM (#743091) Journal

    Though you're not alone either. According to Memory Alpha [wikia.com] citing Whitfield's book Making of Star Trek, Roddenberry had to correct NBC of the same thought. Though the NX-01 Enterprise of the Enterprise series did not use "USS" - same MA article noted that it was pre-Federation therefore not United Space Ship, and gets into geekery about a ship pre that one that was.

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