metaverse

building a soundstage in VR

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Hello, good folks. Today I decided to share some behind-the-scenes footage of me building a soundstage in VR/metaverse in preparation for a future podcast series I have planned for early 2023. If you follow me on the bird or the mastodon, you’ll know that I’ve gone all-in on VR and the Metaverse. Those two mediums together are on the cusp of breaking out to displace mobile tech as the premium means of interaction, collaboration, and community.

As I mentioned in a previous post, the trouble with the metaverse at the moment is it isn’t a singular instance. It’s like a multi-metaverse with different players creating their own version of the metaverse. Some the metaverses I hang out in are: AltspaceVR (owned by Microsoft), Engage VR, and Meta Horizon World. I’ve dabbled on VRchat, Rec Room, and Decentraland.

AltspaceVR is my by far my favorite. It’s a very versatile platform. It’s primarily geared up for events, and community gatherings, but you can run seminars and presentations as well as host talk shows and podcasts. It has limited gaming function, but is great for socializing. You can create your own universe full of many different worlds.

I’m starting to spend more time in Horizon Worlds for its media capable in terms of recording videos or streaming live events. It’s easier to record videos of your productions. In addition to the casting and recording function of the Oculus Quest 2 headset, there is an inbuilt camera inside of Horizon world that position how you like and record short videos in both portrait and landscape mode. For this reason, I’ve decided to build a soundstage in Horizon to record a future podcast series I’m planning to launch next year.

Here’s some behind-the-scenes footage.

My excitement for VR and the metaverse is beginning to border on obsession. It’s a good thing the Quest 2 has a battery life of only about 2 hours, otherwise I’d be in danger of overdosing on the virtual world.

If you’re VR and metaverse enthusiast, which platforms to you use and why? Also, I’d love to connect with you VR.

A quick peek inside Engage VR

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Here’s a first look at the metaverse for professionals, the Engage VR app. I’ll be giving the app a thorough review and walkthrough, but for now, I just wanted to give you a brief overview of what it’s like inside of Engage VR.

Exploring the Metaverse

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The metaverse isn’t just an idea anymore. It’s a reality that’s ready to explode into the mainstream.

I spent a good portion of my weekend exploring various versions of the metaverse through apps like Engage VR, AltSpaceVR, and Immersed.

I was amazed by what’s already out there and how big the metaverse is going to be in our everyday lives, including how we work, play, relax, and meet new people.

If you think the metaverse is just a fad, you should think again and dig deeper to find out what’s really going on where virtual reality and the metaverse meet. Whether you want it to or not, it is going to change your life.

What exactly is the metaverse?

The metaverse is a virtual reality that includes virtual worlds, augmented reality and a collective virtual shared space. It’s important because it combines all the best things about being in a physical space with the best things about being on the internet: it’s social, it’s immersive, and it offers a sense of community you can’t get from either place alone.

Matthew Ball offers up this definition:

“A massively scaled and interoperable network of real-time 3D virtual worlds that can be experienced synchronously and persistently by an effectively unlimited number of users with an individual sense of presence, and with continuity of data, such as identity, history, entitlements, objects, communications, and payments.”

from The Metaverse: And How It Will Revloutionize Everything

In the world of work, especially hybrid working and remote working, the metaverse is superior to any of our current solutions for helping people and teams bridge the gap created by distance working. The sense of presence and the tools available for creativity and collaboration are unmatched.

On the social side, whether you want to go on an adventure, meet new people, or just hang out with friends or family, there are opportunities for all of these things in the metaverse. You can join a band of adventurers and explore a fantasy world together; you can play games against other players across multiple platforms; you can create your own virtual world and invite people over to visit it, or you can simply hang out with friends while they show off their latest sketches or songs they’ve been working on. The possibilities are endless!

I’m curious to know what your thoughts are on the metaverse.