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Beat Saber VR Game Launches Skrillex Music Pack With 8 Classic Tracks
Virtual reality game Beat Saber has launched a new music pack with eight classic Skrillex tracks, available to gamers now. The Skrillex tracks joining the Beat Saber roster are “Bangarang,” “First of the Year,” “The Devil’s Den,” “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites,” “Ragga Bomb,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain),” “Don’t Go,” and “Butterflies.” The popular rhythm game’s catalog of EDM tracks reaches back its launch in 2018, but its developer, Beat Games, has been expanding into other genres as well. “We’ve been fans of Beat Saber for years and have always wanted to collaborate on a Skrillex pack for the game,” said Joe Khoury, Atlan...
deadmau5 Reveals “Oberhasli” VR Game
Over a year after teasing a mysterious VR project on Instagram, deadmau5 has unveiled Oberhasli at gamescom’s Opening Night. Curated by deadmau5 himself, Oberhasli is a virtual reality game that will contain a consistently evolving world of music, environments, and other interactive content for players. It will have in-game communication features, such as playing other games, listening to live music performances, socializing, and engaging with artists. “Creating a world like Oberhasli has been a vision of mine for years now, but I quickly discovered how daunting it can be to create a multiplayer experience as a solo developer,” deadmau5 said in a press release. “The amazing thing about Core is that anyone can jump in and create content regardless of experience o...
Afrofuturism to Take Center Stage At Immersive Audiovisual Showcase, Cube Fest
If you’ve ever wanted to travel through space and time, look no further than Virginia Tech’s upcoming Cube Fest 2021. Featuring multisensory art by a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students, the three-day “Sound of Space: An Interactive Afrofuturist Experience” will bring together artists, researchers, industry professionals, and electronic music in order to encourage innovation. Open for free to the public from August 20-22, the in-person exhibit was orchestrated to stimulate the mind with interactive sonic, visual, tactile and olfactory elements. Its venue, a mind-bending installation called “The Cube,” was specially designed for immersive environments like Cube Fest. It comes outfitted with 140 high-density loudspeakers that make ...
How Sensorium Galaxy Is Adopting EDM to Spearhead the Next Generation of Virtual Entertainment
Sensorium Galaxy’s behind-the scenes teasers are about to become the highlight reel of the live music industry. Despite devastating economic impact to the broader sector, the past 15 months could not have proven to be a better case study for one of the most powerful emerging startups at the intersection of music and tech. The stars are beginning to align for Sensorium Galaxy, a next-generation concert platform where users can explore virtual worlds while enjoying performances from their favorite artists in industry-leading, triple-A quality. The company has yet to launch its first digital concert environment, PRISM, but will do so later this year. Even so, a cascade of high quality teasers and headline generating talent acquisitions have hit the public eye over t...
Sensorium Galaxy Announces Metaverse DJ Sets from Charlotte de Witte
Sensorium Galaxy is leading the charge as the premier virtual destination in the electronic music space. Since announcing in 2020 they’ve cultivated a formidable lineup ahead of the platform’s hotly anticipated launch, teaming up with David Guetta, Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren, Black Coffee, and Eric Prydz. The latest artist to join the lineup, dubbed “The Chosen Ones,” is Charlotte de Witte. The esteemed Belgian techno artist has been confirmed to headline a series of exclusive performances in PRISM, a world within the Sensorium Galaxy metaverse. “Whether DJing or producing, I am always searching for new ways to use my creativity and tap into deeper layers of emotion in electronic music,” de Witte said in a press release shared with EDM.com....
Eric Prydz Announces Exclusive VR Concert Series With Sensorium Galaxy
Sensorium Galaxy has added another exciting talent acquisition to their stacked offering of artist residencies. The one and only Eric Prydz will join the Sensorium VR experience and is slated to perform on the platform’s virtual PRISM venue when it goes public later this year. Hype continues to build for the inevitable launch with a stellar lineup of artists including David Guetta, Carl Cox, Black Coffee, and Armin van Buuren. “I believe metaverses are taking digital events to the next stage, which is one of the main elements that has drawn me to this project,” Prydz said in a statement shared with EDM.com. “Working with cutting edge technology to deliver special performances has always been mine and my team’s goal, but to now take what we do in a physical spac...
Watch Carl Cox Work With Sensorium Galaxy to Create Cutting-Edge Virtual Avatar
Carl Cox‘s storied career is about to traverse this plane of existence. The veteran producer has effectively been immortalized in the metaverse with the help of Sensorium Galaxy. Ahead of its launch later this year, the cutting-edge VR platform has been aggressively courting dance music’s finest producers, signing them to residencies within their digital concert platform. That list includes David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Black Coffee, and Cox. Ahead of his debut at the PRISM metaverse venue, Cox has been in Melbourne working with the team to help create his virtual avatar. In a new behind-the-scenes video, the fabled techno producer and DJ shares his insights on the exciting new technology and his impressions on how this venture will reshape the live music...
Burning Man Releases Tickets for Second Virtual Burn
While Burners won’t be able to congregate at Black Rock City this August after the postponement of Burning Man to 2022, they can come together in spirit for the second annual Virtual Burn. In the midst of the pandemic, The Burning Man Project created a digital recreation of the playa in full 3D. Users were able to create avatars and explore the psychedelic simulated landscape while engaging with fellow Burners. The 2021 edition will provide all that and more. Black Rock City Virtual Reality, also known as BRCvr, will host thousands of participants over 200 camps, a bevy of virtual art installations, and over 1,000 events. Users will be able to create their own camps with Build-A-Burn, a network of browser-based virtual worlds that feature spatial video chat. Those a...
Germany’s Legendary Bass Brand Blacklist Brings NGHTMRE and Eptic into Bootshaus VR Club
Last year, the legendary German nightclub Bootshaus reshaped their experience in order to survive the age of COVID-19, entering the virtual club space. After a successful VR launch, they have now partnered with Germany’s biggest bass brand Blacklist to host their next event in partnership with Absolute Vodka. On April 10th, NGHTMRE and Eptic will throw down a one-of-a-kind performance at the VR club Bootshaus. Now, fans can enter the iconic venue from the comforts of their own home via the virtual live events platform Sansar. Attendees will have the option to customize their personal avatars, mingle with other guests, and even enjoy their drinks at the Absolut-sponsored virtual bar. Those who have physically attended Bootshaus will be blown away by how spot on the replication i...
Watch How David Guetta’s Avatar Was Created for Sensorium Galaxy’s Immersive VR Concerts
David Guetta has performed in so many places on Earth that he essentially had nowhere to turn but the metaverse. Back in September 2020, Guetta announced a partnership with Sensorium Corporation, a company positioning itself as a disruptor of the intersection of virtual reality and live music with its flagship social VR platform. The alliance will find Guetta creating a series of exclusive performances in the immersive Sensorium Galaxy, which is angling to go public later in 2021. The French dance music vet will be performing in PRISM, one of Sensorium Galaxy’s first two worlds to be debuted. Developed in partnership with fabled nightlife mogul Yann Pissenem, PRISM will feature virtual AI-driven performances from Guetta and a number of his iconic contemporaries, such as Car...
Sensorium Galaxy and Mubert Team Up to Launch First Performing AI DJ
Sensorium Galaxy, a virtual platform built for concert experiences, has teamed up with tech company Mubert in order to manufacture an algorithmically-driven AI performing DJ named JAI:N. If it sounds far-fetched, make no mistake—we’re likely to see just what JAI:N can do in the coming months, and she is likely the first in a new line of virtual artists. As a company, Mubert’s focus is on the real-time generation of music. Their technology will allow the virtual artist to craft a well-diversified set of music that has the ability to span over 100 unique genres. The artist will even be able to tailor the music on the fly to the appropriate tone and mood based on the reaction from the crowd. JAI:N was created alongside Sensorium Galaxy, a pioneering organization i...
Google shutting down VR field trip app Expeditions
Google is ending support for its Expeditions virtual reality app. The app, which offered educational VR tours, will be removed from iOS and Android app stores on June 30th, 2021. “The majority” of its tours will be migrated to Google’s separate Arts & Culture app, letting users view them via web or mobile device. The post Google shutting down VR field trip app Expeditions appeared first on TODAY. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
