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Multiplatform Approach in Concerts: Second Life, Live Video Streaming |
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While it's no surprise that bands nowadays perform live in the internet, either by live video streaming or by performing in Second Life using their avatars (Suzanne Vega already had her concert using her Second Life avatar), the attempt to perform in the flesh, in live video streaming, AND in Second Life all at the same time is indeed quite a feat.Local California bands Bad Weather California, Born in the Flood and Meese carried out their concert from an abandoned warehouse in Denver, playing to a 1,200-strong Second Life virtual audience, as well as some 40,000 who preferred to view the event online.
There are some problems, though. Lagging has always been a problem for Second Life players, and the increased number of players lounging around in the same area would most like aggravate the problem. Expect jumpy graphics, some sprites missing (in the form of missing objects, furniture, and yes, even clothes), and less-than-perfect video loading times that would surely ruin the experience for most virtual audiences.
Tantra World Wide, producer of the multiplatform event, attempted to curb this problem by holding the event in 25 separate Second Life locations, some still experienced crashing.
Making such events available in multiple platforms certainly is an ambitious project, not to mention that a lot needs to be worked on.
Via Reuters
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is a second chance to do what i've always dreamed of...being a
part of a real band and playing in real concerts almost every
weekend. Although it is a virtual world where nothing is real, the
music we make and the people that come to listen and watch are
very real.
Many years ago, as a young man, I was in a small band that
never made the "Big Time". But after years of loud music my
hearing was destroyed by tinnitus (ringing ears) to the point that
i can no longer go to real concerts, clubs, or even loud partys. In
Second Life, i can enjoy all those things just by turning the
sound down.
The band I'm in is unique because none of us are in the same place.
The founder and lead guitar, BlueTom, is in Germany...the keyboard,
Roland, is in France...the Bass and male vocals, Ictus, is in Oklahoma...
Female vocals, Foxy, is in NewJersey...and i'm in Miami.
Although we have never met face to face, and may never meet in the
real world, you wouldn't know it by listening to or watching us in Second Life.
Thanks to Second Life, and VLB, I'm having the time of my life there...
but not quitting my day job just yet...
Joker aka Jokker Streeter
http://www.virtualliveband.de
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