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.
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Announced in October last year,
Oculus Venues, now available for
Oculus Go and
Samsung Gear VR, 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.
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