Comment on Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars
jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 9 months ago
I was already confused for the Abba digital concert and with Kiss I’m still confused. What do they mean by avatar and why would I go to a “concert” of a prerendered game sequence instead of watching a video of the original band on YouTube at home?
Oh, so it would be just a 3D animated movie?
The only way I maaaay consider watching such concert is if I knew that the actual band is still playing and interacting with the audience behind the avatars. They could be playing sitting down, in their pajamas if they want. But the sound must be live to be okay in my book.
Otherwise, no thanks.
No. I think they created the avatars from them wearing motion capture suits. I don’t believe they will be using them any longer.
It specifies this in a roundabout way in the article by mentioning how kiss did not show back up on stage when the avatars were sent out because “that’s the point”.
They didn’t go ran into the backstage area and put on motion capture to send out their fake avatars. Plus, why would they?
Got it. Thanks.
It wouldn’t necessarily be prerendered; they could do gigs in VRChat for an example. It would take some effort and money, but they’ve got money and they could pay someone else to put in the effort so that all they have to do is strap on some fbt trackers and grab a guitar that’s been modified with fret sensors and then play concerts from their living rooms.
Nope. It’s actually terrible. CGI on a big screen. Here’s the concert. CGI starts at 2:14:00
Damn, managed to suck more than I was expecting. I would be cool with VR/green screened stuff. I’d be cool with “holograms” that let them play live from a studio 1000mi away. Not that prerendered shit though. Not that I like Kiss or have a lot of respect for them to begin with, but man, talk about missing the point.
You go to a virtual concert for the same reason you go to the movies. Or the same reason you don’t.
Ah, that makes total sense, I agree.
AnonTwo@kbin.social 9 months ago
Because the audio quality would be really good?
There's already tons of concerts that are done virtual.....
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Sorry but if you actually want audio quality you don’t get it at live shows with people screaming all around you.
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If they’re too old to keep performing, they should just stop.