<s>
Mosaic	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2017	O
murder	O
mystery	O
by	O
Steven	O
Soderbergh	O
,	O
producer	O
Casey	O
Silver	O
,	O
and	O
writer	O
Ed	O
Solomon	O
,	O
published	O
via	O
HBO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
two	O
forms	O
:	O
as	O
an	O
iOS/Android	O
mobile	O
app	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
2018	O
television	O
drama	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
works	O
like	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
film	I-Application
;	O
while	O
the	O
user	O
cannot	O
affect	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
choose	O
from	O
which	O
perspective	O
the	O
same	O
plot	O
is	O
viewed	O
,	O
and	O
learn	O
different	O
facets	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HBO	O
released	O
Mosaic	B-Application
as	O
a	O
six-episode	O
television	O
series	O
in	O
January	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mosaic	B-Application
begins	O
in	O
a	O
flashback	O
to	O
four	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
main	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writer	O
Ed	O
Solomon	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
tried	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
themes	O
of	O
Mosaic	B-Application
structure	O
into	O
the	O
narrative	O
;	O
he	O
wrote	O
"	O
Every	O
villain	O
is	O
the	O
hero	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
footage	O
for	O
Mosaic	B-Application
was	O
largely	O
filmed	O
in	O
Park	O
City	O
,	O
Utah	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Mosaic	B-Application
app	O
,	O
all	O
playthroughs	O
start	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
introduction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notifications	O
of	O
additional	O
content	O
sometimes	O
pop	O
up	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
app	O
push	B-General_Concept
notifications	I-General_Concept
;	O
they	O
offer	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
see	O
a	O
flashback	O
,	O
flash	O
forward	O
,	O
or	O
related	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
is	O
combined	O
,	O
Mosaic	B-Application
is	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
approximately	O
seven	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
hours	O
to	O
watch	O
and	O
consume	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
(	O
iPhone	O
,	O
iPad	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
21	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
web	B-Application
app	I-Application
version	O
for	O
desktops	O
and	O
laptops	O
using	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
just	O
before	O
the	O
television	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Randall	O
Colburn	O
of	O
The	O
Guardian	O
felt	O
similarly	O
;	O
he	O
compared	O
Mosaic	B-Application
to	O
large	O
,	O
sprawling	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
series	I-Application
that	O
do	O
n't	O
force	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
go	O
any	O
one	O
direction	O
,	O
but	O
contain	O
tons	O
of	O
side	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
's	O
critical	O
consensus	O
reads	O
,	O
"	O
Mosaic	B-Application
has	O
enough	O
moving	O
parts	O
–	O
and	O
fine	O
performances	O
–	O
to	O
deliver	O
a	O
gratifying	O
murder-mystery	O
plot	O
,	O
though	O
its	O
jumbled	O
structure	O
and	O
heavy-handed	O
narrative	O
may	O
still	O
leave	O
viewers	O
slightly	O
wanting.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Sheffield	O
of	O
Rolling	O
Stone	O
called	O
Mosaic	B-Application
"	O
Sharon	O
Stone	O
's	O
best	O
role	O
in	O
ages	O
"	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
show	O
for	O
keeping	O
the	O
feeling	O
of	O
the	O
viewer	O
being	O
a	O
detective	O
attempting	O
to	O
puzzle	O
out	O
the	O
truth	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variety	O
praised	O
Weller	O
's	O
performance	O
as	O
Eric	O
and	O
called	O
Mosaic	B-Application
a	O
solid	O
mystery-thriller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
Soderbergh	O
had	O
two	O
more	O
unnamed	O
interactive	O
storytelling	O
projects	O
under	O
development	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
platform	O
created	O
for	O
Mosaic	B-Application
,	O
but	O
as	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
there	O
has	O
been	O
no	O
further	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
these	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
