The Hubble Cantata (live AR concert)
You'll be able to see the stars—light pollution be damned—at Prospect Park on Saturday, August 6th. That's when The Hubble Cantata, a virtual reality film paired with live music, debuts as part of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. For the music, a 30-piece ensemble and a 100-person choir (as well as Met soprano Jessica Rivera and baritone Nathan Gunn) perform composer Paola Prestini's music with words by librettist Royce Vavrek. For the visuals, directed by filmmaker Eliza McNitt, all 6,000 attendees will be given a cardboard VR headset, which they can use with their phones, to take an immersive look at the Hubble Telescope's images of the Orion Nebula. It'll be the first event to combine a VR space show and a live-music experience for free, organizers say.
Full story - http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/first-ever-virtual-reality-concert-coming-to-prospect-park-072016