{"id":31403,"date":"2019-08-27T02:04:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T09:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=31403"},"modified":"2019-08-27T02:04:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T09:04:51","slug":"billie-eilish-to-go-vr-via-oculus-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/billie-eilish-to-go-vr-via-oculus-venues\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Eilish to Go VR via Oculus Venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billie Eilish - bad guy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DyDfgMOUjCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Technology keeps transforming our lives and reshaping experiences.<\/p>\n<p>With virtual reality (VR) already knees deep into all spheres of everyday life, it\u2019s now become a common occurrence to gain access to some of the biggest events in the world \u2013 such as sports matches, theatres or concerts \u2013 with help from a headset!<\/p>\n<p>Oculus currently holds the torch with its Oculus Venues, a new virtual reality concert experience which kicked off last summer with a performance by Vance Joy, broadcast live from Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The latest superstar to headline the VR concert happening, which also featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/lupe-fiasco-tickets\">Lupe Fiasco<\/a>, Chromeo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/tenacious-d-tickets\">Tenacious D<\/a>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/billie-eilish-tickets\">Billie Eilish<\/a>. Oculus Venues announced that Eilish\u2019s concert in Madrid, Spain will be available on Oculus Go, Gear VR or Quest headsets on September 03, starting from 9:30 pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>Eilish has been delighted with the news, stating \u201cit\u2019s really nice to be able to have something that makes the show so accessible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s great to bring the live experience to people who haven&#8217;t been able to be at a show yet. I just want everyone to have a good time. That&#8217;s always my only goal, even when you&#8217;re watching the show at home,\u201d<\/em> Eilish said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>For this particular night in Madrid, Oculus is partnering up with an immersive-streaming company called Supersphere. During the VR concert experience, the users will be able to toggle between solo-viewing and \u201csocial sharing\u201d modes, where they will be able to connect with other people with similar interests or Facebook friends.<\/p>\n<p>Eilish is arguably the biggest addition to the Oculus Venues lineup. The fans of this pop superstar can also find tickets for this sensation\u2019s other concerts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/billie-eilish-tickets\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology keeps transforming our lives and reshaping experiences. With virtual reality (VR) already knees deep into all spheres of everyday life, it\u2019s now become a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concerts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31404,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31403\/revisions\/31404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}