X-TALK: Virtual Immersive Concerts

The pandemic has also brought about a digital transformation in concerts. But how immersive can a digital live music event be and what conclusions can we draw from this for the time after Corona? Lukas Haack dealt with this topic in his master’s thesis. We are delighted that he will be sharing his exciting findings at his X-TALK on February 10.

ABOUT THE TALK

According to the European network for live music associations DMA, 2020 saw an unprecedented 70% decline of music events and artist performances and 76% decline of audience visits. Contact restrictions due to the newly emerged coronavirus are still forcing artists and live music venues to find new sources of income and constitute new forms of digital events. The 2020 pandemic showcases the lack of immersion in live streams e.g. via YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook or web conference systems such as Zoom, Skype, or GoToMeeting when aiming to substitute physical events using already existing technology. In the era of the metaverse and ubiquitous computing, where mobile devices, VR glasses, and the internet can be used to stream events, virtual concert events are becoming an increasingly relevant topic of discussion.

Lukas’ master thesis is an approach to formalize the dynamics of a physical concert experience and then translate the individual psychological factors by means of communication technology to the computer-mediated context, combining several research disciplines from the social sciences (such as psychology, communication science and media studies) as well as computer science.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Lukas studied Communication and Media Computer Science in Dresden, Linköping and Amsterdam and graduated with his master-thesis on “Virtual Immersive Concerts”. While also working as a trainer for public speaking, negotiations and intercultural communications, he received a Diplomacy Award from Harvard. With passion for politics, music, technology, code and design; adventurousness and wanderlust, he travels this world in an open-minded way, ambitiously trying to make it a better place.

The X-NIGHT events on AltspaceVR

https://account.altvr.com/channels/immersive-x

HOW TO JOIN

For the best experience use a VR headset e.g. an Oculus device or an HTC Vive. If you don’t have a headset, download AltspaceVR on your PC and follow the event in 2D mode.
https://altvr.com/get-altspacevr/

You can also watch the X-TALK live on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/vmpeople

ABOUT THE X-NIGHTS

On the second Thursday of the month, we invite you to an international meet-up at AREA X, our venue in Virtual Reality. In addition to a speaker who shares his experiences around new, immersive forms of storytelling with us, our meetings offer plenty of time and space for exchange around our campfire.

X-NIGHT is a social VR event from the series IMMERSIVE X hosted by vm-people. Partners: eXperimental Reality Lab & Karlshochschule.

Please find more information about the X-NIGHTS at http://x-nights.net/

Learn more about vm-people at https://vm-people.de