VR App Puts Thousands Of Festival Fans In Front Row With Cardi B And Skepta
In a sign that times are indeed a-changin’, it has emerged that the number of people who watched Wireless Festival in virtual reality was almost double the number of people who attended in real life.
Held in London’s Finsbury Park earlier this month, Wireless Festival was attended by 130,000 people, with music fans turning up to see rappers like Cardi B, Skepta, Travis Scott and J Hus.
But some 250,000 people watched the festival live on virtual reality app MelodyVR, which works on smartphones and VR headsets like Oculus and Samsung Gear VR.
The stats suggest that VR, which has struggled to break into the mainstream, might still find an audience.
See the full story here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/samshead/2019/07/22/twice-as-many-people-watched-londons-wireless-festival-in-vr-as-they-did-live/#5aec01c75c63