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05-31-2018, 02:34 PM
Facebook's Oculus Venues streams its first VR concert. Was it any good?
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When Australian artist Vance Joy performed at Colorado's*Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Wednesday, there wasn't a smartphone in sight.*
It wasn't quite physically possible for audience members using Facebook's Oculus Venues, a live VR concert experience that saw its debut run worldwide at 7:30 p.m. PST.
SEE ALSO: Oculus Go review: This is the iPhone of VR headsets (http://mashable.com/2018/05/01/oculus-go-review/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
Announced in October last year, Oculus Venues (https://mashable.com/2017/10/11/zuckerberg-announces-oculus-venues/), now available for Oculus Go (https://mashable.com/2018/05/01/oculus-go-review/) and Samsung Gear VR (https://mashable.com/2017/04/18/samsung-gear-vr-headset-and-controller-review/), is a new feature that allows you to watch live events with your friends in VR. To kick things off, Facebook offered up a free concert by Australian artist Vance Joy broadcast live from the iconic Red Rocks venue on May 30. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/31/oculus-venues-vr-concert-vance-joy/)
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When Australian artist Vance Joy performed at Colorado's*Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Wednesday, there wasn't a smartphone in sight.*
It wasn't quite physically possible for audience members using Facebook's Oculus Venues, a live VR concert experience that saw its debut run worldwide at 7:30 p.m. PST.
SEE ALSO: Oculus Go review: This is the iPhone of VR headsets (http://mashable.com/2018/05/01/oculus-go-review/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
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