Here's a question: On New Year's Eve, would you rather be hanging out with your buds, enjoying a nice martini and reminiscing on the good times of the last year? Or would you rather be sitting around by yourself with an awkward virtual reality helmet on your head watching a fake music concert?
Yeah... that's what I thought:
Meta — aka the artist formerly known as Facebook — announced a slate of big name virtual reality concerts set to take place entirely in in its Horizon Venues metaverse last month. The star-studded lineup included rapper Young Thug on December 26, DJ David Guetta on December 31, and finally EDM duo The Chainsmokers for a New Years' Eve concert to ring in 2022.
The only problem? Not many people noticed — and those who did didn't seem to really care.
Despite being completely free, the concerts seemed to get incredibly little traction or notice from anyone outside of Meta offices. There was barely any mention of any of the performances on social media platforms like Twitter or even Facebook, let alone on news and music publications.
Yeah this is totally bizarre. I mean, how cool would it be to go to a "virtual reality concert?" Just imagine the thrilling experience:
Okay, okay... we shouldn't be uncharitable.
I mean, I'm sure it would at least be as cool as...
OKAY, for real though, I'm sure it was a ton of fun! I bet it was exactly like...
Sorry we missed this one Meta, we'll be sure to grab tickets for the next one!
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