Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
I was lucky enough, through the help of Vint Falken, to get a ticket to see the Liverpool Phil play in Second Life, today. The concert hall was on two sims, and it was clear the organisers had gone to great pains to try to keep the lag as low as possible. A video stream of the orchestra had been set up, and for people having video trouble (or preferring not to see it), streaming music, too. For me everything ran very well, and it looked as though more people could've been allowed access. however I did see some people floundering about and their assessment of the lag might've been different.
I was lucky enough, through the help of Vint Falken, to get a ticket to see the Liverpool Phil play in Second Life, today. The concert hall was on two sims, and it was clear the organisers had gone to great pains to try to keep the lag as low as possible. A video stream of the orchestra had been set up, and for people having video trouble (or preferring not to see it), streaming music, too. For me everything ran very well, and it looked as though more people could've been allowed access. however I did see some people floundering about and their assessment of the lag might've been different.
Some people had difficulty getting the video stream going as (I reckon) they had never bothered with video in SL and didn't have Quicktime installed.
The concert was really* wonderful, and included world premiere of work by contemporary composers John McCabe and Kenneth Hesketh, and featured soprano Kate Royal.
Two little suggestions:The cubes in the aisle giving programs should've been phantom - I saw many people run into them.
The programs should've been HUDs - I attached mine to a HUD point but there was an anim in the book itself so when I wore it I looked odd.
The book itself was nice but I'd liked to've had a very clear texture program of basic information as well, that I could've looked at with no issues.
There was one person in the audience who stripped down to her underwear, went into Appearance, and stood in front of the stage. I thought it might be a griefer winding up, but was astounded when it turned out it was someone who works for the Liverpool Phil. I think she must just be ill-acquainted with Second Life.
I hope they do more of these concerts. This was quite a success, especially for a first try, and I am sure that they learned a great deal.*really really really
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Thank you for telling me it was also streaming live on SLCN. I listened and watched for some time, but later the stream faltered and died away. Meanwhile, the music was ravishing. Rach(maninoff or maninov) rocks!
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