As virtually reality continues to permeate various channels of entertainment media such as video games and movies, its infiltration of the music industry has been more subtle, although the technology is becoming more common in music videos and some underground circles.
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In this new piece from MusicThinkTank, Simon Davies looks at where Virtual Reality technology stands in the music industry, and where it’s likely to go once said technology becomes more ubiquitous.
“Perhaps it’s no surprise that, given the numerous channels an idea has to pass at a major corporation, many of the bands making use of of VR have been independent. Brighton-based group The Indelicates used their own label Corporate Records to release ‘The Generation That Nobody Remembered: A Virtual Reality Pop Single‘ in late 2014.”