The Business Times
business-time-50
SGSME logo

Taking music concerts into the metaverse

google-preferred-sourceAdd BT as a preferred source

Bernadette Toh

Published Wed, Jun 21, 2023 · 02:00 PM
    • Bandwagon's first free metaverse event, Bandwagon Pixel Party, featured Singaporean DJ MYRNE and attracted over 250 attendees.
    • Bandwagon's first free metaverse event, Bandwagon Pixel Party, featured Singaporean DJ MYRNE and attracted over 250 attendees. PHOTO: BANDWAGON

    CONCERTS are no longer just offline affairs, with local music media company Bandwagon bringing them to the metaverse too.

    Artistes’ performances are livestreamed on a digital stage, while attendees create their own avatars and watch the concert on their computers, with no need for virtual reality headsets.

    The idea for these digital concerts arose when Covid-19 hit. The company’s three businesses were Bandwagon Media, which promotes artistes in Asia; Bandwagon Live, which organises music events in the region; and Bandwagon Labs, which explores how tech can be applied to entertainment.

    metaverseSingapore SMEsSMEsMusicConcerts

    TRENDING NOW

    The deal for the sale of Scotts Square mall, just off Orchard Road, is said to be in the early stages of being worked out, at a price of about S$320 million.

    Father-and-son duo Raj Kumar and Kishin in exclusive due diligence to buy Scotts Square

    Handled passively, satellite connectivity becomes a service that the telco distributes, while somebody else sets the economics.

    When every phone becomes a satellite phone, what happens to Asia’s telcos?

    The company says the disputes do not cast significant doubt on its viability as a going concern.

    Koh Brothers Eco Engineering faces up to S$57.6 million in potential legal liabilities

    Under the Philippines’ new policy, up to four EV models will be provided with as much as 15 billion pesos each in fiscal support, in the form of tax payment certificates.

    Too little, too late? Manila’s billion-dollar bid to ignite its sputtering EV industry

    Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
    Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
    View More