The Future of Live Music: Blended Realities

Description:

XR provides a huge opportunity to reinvent the shared musical experience. Platforms have tried new approaches to live music–either by streaming concerts in VR or by creating VR-exclusive events. But most approaches either fail to replicate the experience of an in-person event, or explicitly exclude a co-located audience. Certain groups, however, are creating new music experiences using a mix of VR, AR and live venues. Our panel consists of experts at the intersection of Music & VR. Anne McKinnon is an XR consultant, advisor and writer focused on immersive events, Amy LaMeyer is managing partner of the WXR Fund and advisor to multiple music & VR startups, Roman Rappak is the lead creative of Miro Shot, an XR band/collective, and Ryan Groves is a music technologist and founder of Arcona.ai.