Are you ready for the virtual festival experience inside the metaverse? This week the gang discuss the first continuous, multi-stage virtual music and entertainment festival coming to Roblox in Q1 of 2023. What does this mean for artists and content creators?
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I've been following VNUE for quite some time and I love how y'all broke this down and discussed the pros and cons. As a music lover and an introvert, it takes a lot for me to successfully go to a show or live venue. I can make plans to go but later cancel just because it can be overwhelming – even to go to my friends local shows where I know everyone. The option to be there and even interact in the metaverse is great and it may in fact help introverts become more inclined to show up in person at future events.
I wanted to point out that this may help introverts enter the music scene as meta performers as well. Something that I don't hear talked about much is people who love to create and play music, but have hurdles to overcome in order to perform for people.
Overall, I think it's correct to assume that this wont replace live events in any way as there is no way to eliminate live shows. But I do think it would be insane to ignore the possibilities technology like this brings to the table. I'm also excited to see all of the hybrid physical spaces this inspires, and how it will change current live venues… thinking about the interaction of the live crowd with meta-crowd and possibly augmented reality venues that are a mix of the meta and the physical venue of the live artists – even festivals with several live performances that happen in their respective locations while meta guests can traverse them all at will.