Meta announces exclusive Notorious BIG VR concert - The Music Universe.

Concert to diagnostic true-to-life avatar

Willingie and Gunpowder & Sky person announced that, unneurotic with Meta and The Notorious B.I.G. Estate, they volition bring Biggie’s 50th day twelvemonth solemnisation to culmination with The Notorious B.I.G. Sky’s The Limit: A VR Concert Experience. On December 16th, 1 of the world’s astir influential rappers and taste icons of each clip is returning to the stage, successful true-to-life hyper-realistic avatar form. The Notorious B.I.G. volition pb fans connected a VR acquisition successful Meta Horizon Worlds to observe his beingness and bequest wrong a virtual recreation of 90’s Brooklyn called The Brook. Audiences travel a time successful Biggie’s beingness done a communicative travel written and voiced by American writer and euphony writer Touré. The performance volition diagnostic performances of classics from Biggie’s beloved catalog, impermanent performances by Sean “Diddy” Combs, The Lox, Latto, Nardo Wick, Lil’ Cease, a peculiar acceptable from DJ Clark Kent, and more. The performance volition premiere exclusively successful Venues successful Meta Horizon Worlds (and Meta Quest TV) accessible with a Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro, and those without the VR headset tin presumption the 2D mentation of the performance connected the authoritative Notorious B.I.G. Facebook page.

“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, 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 till now,” the rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace, shares. “Thank you to each who person contributed to bringing this task to fruition.”

“Biggie’s euphony has been streamed implicit 11 cardinal times worldwide and 6.5 cardinal successful the US alone, but due to the fact that of his untimely decease determination conscionable wasn’t capable contented to enactment the overwhelming request for his music. This is wherefore I originated the thought and came up with the determination to make a integer avatar,” states Elliot Osagie, laminitis of Willingie, who spearheaded the exertion innovation improvement with VFX manager Remington Scott, CEO of Hyperreal. Together with Gunpowder & Sky, the workplace liable for accumulation of the concert, and William Morris Endeavor, who represents The Notorious B.I.G. property and has provided enactment passim the improvement of the project, they are re-introducing Biggie to a caller satellite of fans, exertion and advancements successful virtual Web3.

The lawsuit volition commencement astatine 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT via Horizon Worlds.