oldfield had been working on the idea of melding virtual reality and music throughout the 1990s. oldfield worked with 3d graphics programmer colin dooley and graphic artist nick catcheside. the newlook and modelworks software packages were used in the creation of the game. modelworks was used to create the 3d models and newlook is the game engine, level editor and music sequencer used to create the final game. both software packages were written by colin dooley with newlook being created specifically for the music vr project.