With the coronavirus pandemic ways of working and playing have changed dramatically.
Virtual events such as markets, concerts, and festivals have started popping up more frequently - some even using technologies like VR to simulate a more realistic experience.
One example I've come across is Shibuya Halloween Fes, designed to keep the crowds of people away from Shibuya this halloween (it gets incredibly crowded to the extent that you can hardly breathe under the pressure of surrounding people in certain places of Shibuya each year, which is not ideal for virus containment or social distancing). Another event that was cancelled in Japan due to safety concerns was Comiket (the twice annual comic book market which saw over 700,000 attendees in the Summer 2019 weekend), and so Comic Vket has popped up, allowing users to attend a similar convention and browse products to purchase using VR Chat. I think these are pretty cool and innovative ways to make the best of a difficult situation, it's also pretty cool that these can allow people to attend no matter where in the world they are located.
Have you ever attended an online event like these, a concert, or even just a lower key gathering via Zoom or some other software? What did you think?
I've not attended any events like these online as of yet, but if the pandemic drags on a lot longer perhaps I'll start to check them out.
Virtual events such as markets, concerts, and festivals have started popping up more frequently - some even using technologies like VR to simulate a more realistic experience.
One example I've come across is Shibuya Halloween Fes, designed to keep the crowds of people away from Shibuya this halloween (it gets incredibly crowded to the extent that you can hardly breathe under the pressure of surrounding people in certain places of Shibuya each year, which is not ideal for virus containment or social distancing). Another event that was cancelled in Japan due to safety concerns was Comiket (the twice annual comic book market which saw over 700,000 attendees in the Summer 2019 weekend), and so Comic Vket has popped up, allowing users to attend a similar convention and browse products to purchase using VR Chat. I think these are pretty cool and innovative ways to make the best of a difficult situation, it's also pretty cool that these can allow people to attend no matter where in the world they are located.
Have you ever attended an online event like these, a concert, or even just a lower key gathering via Zoom or some other software? What did you think?
I've not attended any events like these online as of yet, but if the pandemic drags on a lot longer perhaps I'll start to check them out.
