Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… K-Pop VR concert at SXSW K-Pop group Aespa are set to debut their first virtual reality (VR) concert at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival. VR concert production and distribution company AmazeVR recently revealed that the 20-minute ‘Aespa VR Concert at Kwangya’ …
Calvin Harris to present immersive, virtual TikTok concert
Calvin Harris (pictured) is set to perform an immersive, virtual concert for dance fans through video-sharing platform TikTok. The award-winning DJ and producer will present The Calvin Harris Experience in partnership with virtual entertainment company Wave. Premiering on January 13, the concert will take fans on a musical journey through Harris’ virtual universe, with audio …
Daft Punk-inspired VR event introduced in LA
A Daft Punk-inspired virtual reality (VR) event featuring music from the electronic duo’s album ‘Random Access Memories’ was launched in Los Angles yesterday (Thursday). The VR event features a number of DJs performing tracks from the album alongside 360-degree visuals powered by a VR dome and live circus performers. The show takes place at the …
Tech Stack: VR concerts, live-streaming and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… ‘Enter Thee Hottieverse’ AmazeVR, a virtual reality (VR) concert platform, has announced there will be a second leg of the virtual reality concert tour from rapper Megan Thee Stallion. The ‘Enter Thee Hottieverse’ tour sold out at every venue in the first leg …
LiveSwitch partners with Shocap Entertainment to power contemporary circus production
LiveSwitch, a provider of live video experiences, and Shocap Entertainment, a producer of live cross-reality entertainment, have partnered to power the real-time and immersive streaming of ‘LiViCi’. ‘LiViCi’ is a contemporary circus production due for release this year, and is short for ‘Live and Virtual Circus’. It is an interactive extended reality (XR) experience that …
Tech Stack: Virtual Reality, entering the Metaverse and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Virtual Reality AmazeVR, a virtual reality concert platform, and artist Megan Thee Stallion, have revealed Enter Thee Hottievers, a virtual tour that will take place across 10 cities around the US between April and July this year. After fans have bought tickets, they …
VR concert platform closes $15m funding round
Los Angeles-headquartered virtual reality (VR) concert platform AmazeVR has closed a $15m (£10.9m/€13m) round of funding, to support the roll-out of VR live music performances. Investors in the company, which also has offices in Seoul, include Partners Investment, Smilegate Investment, Quantum Ventures Korea, ABC Partners, Everrich Group, and GS Futures, the corporate venture capital arm …