Facebook (META) to host Notorious B.I.G. VR concert in attempt to make Horizon Worlds appear cool - Shacknews

Whether you’re talking astir Meta oregon Facebook, the institution has done immoderate beauteous questionable things implicit the people of its history, but an upcoming VR performance mightiness instrumentality the cake. Meta has announced it volition big a VR performance featuring The Notorious B.I.G., erstwhile fronted by East Coast rapper Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace. That’s not each though. The performance volition beryllium hosted connected Facebook and Meta platforms and volition diagnostic a “true-to-life, hyperrealistic” avatar of Biggie Smalls himself.

News of Meta’s upcoming Notorious B.I.G. VR performance was shared successful a study by Consequence connected November 16, 2022. The concert, called The Notorious B.I.G. Sky’s the Limit: A VR Concert Experience, volition beryllium exclusive to Meta VR and Facebook platforms and is acceptable to instrumentality spot connected December 16, 2022, to grant what would person been Biggie Smalls’ 50th birthday. The performance is being produced successful collaboration with Wallace’s estate. It volition diagnostic immoderate of Notorious B.I.G.’s top hits, arsenic good arsenic a VR recreation of Biggie’s location successful Brooklyn, New York arsenic it was successful the 1990s.

Meta's Horizon Worlds VR societal acquisition app volition beryllium the grounds for its archetypal VR performance featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and deceased rapper Biggie Smalls.
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Biggie’s parent Voletta Wallace has reportedly been progressive successful the plan and instauration of his avatar for the amusement and shared her sentiments connected the lawsuit coming together.

“Having the quality to make a variance of caller accidental to showcase my lad Christopher’s euphony done the advancement of exertion is hard for maine to grasp astatine times,” Voletta said successful her statement. “However, I’ve recovered truthful overmuch excitement successful the process of processing his avatar, knowing the worth added for fans to acquisition him successful ways unattainable until now. Thank you to each who person contributed to bringing this task to fruition.”

Even so, it feels similar a Hail Mary for Meta and its ambitions for Horizon Worlds. The institution reported losses of $3.67 cardinal connected Reality Labs and the section was caught successful a huge circular of layoffs successful the aftermath. Oculus laminitis and erstwhile pb Palmer Luckey called Horizon Worlds “terrible today,” but helium besides suggested it could beryllium astonishing successful the aboriginal with further development.

Whether a performance featuring deceased rapper Biggie Smalls was Luckey’s imaginativeness of “amazing” is unknown, but it looks similar Meta is going to tally it anyways. Stay tuned arsenic we adjacent successful connected the Notorious B.I.G. performance connected Horizon Worlds via Facebook and Meta VR platforms successful December.