Scripted like a film
Real characters, real dialogue, real tension. Each walk is a story — not a list of facts.
Every city hides thousands of stories.
Walk them all.
Immersive audio dramas that unfold as you move. Put on headphones — the street becomes a scene.
Hear what the city hides ↓
Free. iOS. New York — first.
You’re in a new city. You have a day, a pair of headphones, and no idea where to start.
IMRSY turns your walk into a story. Pick a route, press play — and as you move, voices, characters, and drama unfold in your ears, synced to the places around you. No guide. No group. Just you and the city.
The best way to meet a city you’ve never been to — or see your own through completely different eyes.
WHY IT'S DIFFERENT
Not a tour guide.
A cinematic experience.
Reacts to your steps
The story knows where you are. Stop — and the scene waits. Walk — and it moves with you. Without the street, it's nothing.
The city is part of the sound
Traffic, wind, footsteps — they don't compete with the story. They become it. Wear any headphones. The effect is the same.
THIS IS NOT
Not a podcast. Not an audio guide.
Something that only works when you walk.
Audio guide
IMRSY
Facts and dates
Characters and dialogue
You learn about the city
You witness it
Works at home
Loses 90% of meaning without the street
Narrator talks at you
You're an invisible witness
History as information
History as experience
Audio guide
- Facts and dates
- You learn about the city
- Works at home
- Narrator talks at you
- History as information
IMRSY
- Characters and dialogue
- You witness it
- Loses 90% of meaning without the street
- You're an invisible witness
- History as experience
HOW IT WORKS
Put on your headphones
Put on your headphones. Open IMRSY. That's it — no setup, no tour group, no schedule.
Pick a route
Choose a neighborhood and an era. Each route is a scripted story — real streets, real history, real drama.
Walk and listen
The story knows where you are. Turn a corner, and the scene shifts with you.
STORIES
Walk SoHo. Hear its secrets.
What held the bridge
May 24, 1883. Brooklyn and Manhattan are about to be joined forever. Emily Roebling rides onto the bridge carrying victory in her arms and eleven years of invisible labor in her hands.
Margin of conscience
October 24, 1929. Wall Street. A young broker sees the crash coming and spends one last morning trying to warn the people no one else will save. By the opening bell, he must choose between profit and conscience.
Corner before dawn
November 1919. Greenwich Village. The war is over, the streets are filling with new voices, and two strangers keep meeting at the same corner as if the neighborhood has plans for them. As jazz rises from cellar rooms into the night air, their love begins in the brief moment before the city learns how to move without looking back.
More stories launching with the app. Get notified.
FROM BETA TESTERS
Tested on real streets
@fufelops
I walked the SoHo route on a Tuesday evening. By the third block I forgot I had headphones in. The characters felt like they were walking next to me. I looked at a fire escape and actually thought about who used it in 1922.
@citymara
I've lived in New York for six years. IMRSY made me feel like a tourist in the best possible way — except I actually understood what I was looking at. The Wall Street story was unreal.
@nate.nyc
The sound design doesn't try to cancel the city — it uses it. A cab honked at the exact moment there was a chase scene and I genuinely couldn't tell what was real. That's the whole point, isn't it.
Your city has been talking for centuries. Time to listen.
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