Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss on making The Matrix Awakens with Epic Games

“How do we know what is real?”

It’s a telling question asked by a seemingly real-life Keanu Reeves early on in The Matrix Awakens, a playable tech demo built in the new Unreal Engine 5 by Epic Games. Premiered at this year’s Game Awards, the interactive experience stars Reeves along with _Matrix_co-star Carrie-Anne Moss and was written by Lana Wachowski, the co-writer/director of the original _The Matrix_trilogy and director of the upcoming sequel. It’s available starting Thursday to play for free on the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S.

In an exclusive interview, Reeves and Moss talked with _The Verge_about making the Epic demo, how technology is blurring the line between what’s real and virtual, and what to expect from the upcoming Matrix...