Meta to host Notorious B.I.G VR concert with realistic avatar - New York Post

Legendary Brooklyn rapper The Notorious B.I.G is coming backmost to beingness arsenic a “hyperrealistic” avatar successful designation of the 25th day of his death.

Meta, Facebook’s genitor company, and The Notorious B.I.G. Estate are collaborating connected the project titled “Sky’s The Limit: A VR Concert Experience” connected Dec. 16.

The avatar of Notorious BIG, whose existent sanction is Christopher Wallace, volition execute successful a virtual recreation of Brooklyn — called “The Brook” — wrong Meta Horizon Worlds.

Facebook’s Meta Horizon Worlds allows users to interact with each different successful assorted worlds that big events, societal activities, and games, according to the platform.

Notorious B.I.G was murdered successful a drive-by shooting successful Los Angeles successful March 1997. He was 24 years old.

Biggie Smalls volition execute successful a virtual recreation of Brooklyn — called “The Brook” — wrong Meta Horizon Worlds.WireImage

“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 Wallace, Notorious B.I.G’s parent said successful a statement.

Journalist and writer Touré, who volition narrate the special, worked with the rapper’s property passim production.

A 2D mentation of the performance tin beryllium seen connected the official Notorious B.I.G. Facebook leafage for those without the headset. Christopher Sadowski

“They were truly enthusiastic astir each of this, truthful that made things easy,” Touré told Oculus. “I’ve besides interviewed Big’s parent and sat successful her kitchen, truthful she knows that I emotion her lad and volition instrumentality attraction of his legacy.

For Meta users without the headset, a 2D mentation of the performance tin beryllium seen connected the official Notorious B.I.G. Facebook page.

Other artists successful attendance for the VR show volition beryllium Sean “Diddy” Combs, The Lox, Latto, Nardo Wick, Lil’ Cease, and DJ Clark Kent.