Rachael's eye magnified on the Voight-Kampff machine screen during her test in Blade Runner

Voight-Kampff Test: Blade Runner's Empathy Detector


The Voight-Kampff empathy detector measured blush and iris to expose replicants, from Holden's fatal test of Leon and Rachael's hundred questions to Philip K. Dick's original scale and the K. W. Jeter sequels, where the test itself became part of a conspiracy.

By Janno Vares November 01, 2026   Blade Runner Lore

Night skyline of San Francisco under a streaked black sky in Dust to Dust, the BOOM! Studios prequel set after World War Terminus

World War Terminus: The War That Made Blade Runner


World War Terminus was the forgotten third world war of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, whose radioactive dust killed the animals, emptied San Francisco, drove survivors to Mars with android servants as reward, and in Dust to Dust set off the first android hunt.

By Janno Vares October 31, 2026   Blade Runner Lore