Watch the Coldplay concert you missed because it was too far, too expensive, or sold out, 'in VR Live'
Published2017.08.10 17:11Live streaming in over 50 countries via 'Samsung VR', with replay services also provided
Samsung Electronics is collaborating with global concert promoter Live Nation to livestream a concert by the rock band Coldplay in Chicago, USA, in virtual reality (VR).
With just a Samsung virtual reality headset 'Gear VR' and a Galaxy smartphone, music fans in over 50 countries around the world can vividly enjoy the Coldplay live performance at Soldier Field in Chicago on August 17 through the virtual reality video streaming service 'Samsung VR' as if they were actually there.
After the concert ends, you can view the live performance and highlight videos on 'Samsung VR'.
"We are striving to provide Gear VR users with a wider variety of entertainment content through our VR hardware and platform ecosystem," said a Samsung Electronics official. "Through this collaboration with Live Nation and Coldplay, music fans around the world will be able to experience the energy of concerts in an unprecedented way."
Coldplay World, which has been running since last March under the name “A Head Full Of Dreams Tour” The tour has recorded approximately 5 million attendees to date and holds the 5th highest ticket sales record in history according to Billboard Boxscore.
Meanwhile, since first introducing its mobile-based virtual reality device 'Gear VR' in 2014, Samsung Electronics has been expanding its virtual reality ecosystem by collaborating with various fields such as entertainment, education, and medicine.
Recently in the UK, in collaboration with Tough Mudder, a startup that hosts extreme running competitions, anyone can experience a rough course of about 19 km of mud pits and obstacles in virtual reality without having to participate in the race in person.
The virtual reality content consists of the process of progressing through the extreme courses and introductions to each course, and Samsung Electronics and Tough Mudder agreed to cooperate until 2018.
In addition, Poland unveiled the 'Missed Spaceflight' application, which allows users to enjoy spacecraft launches, spacewalks, and sunrises in virtual reality. This application was created to mark the 39th anniversary of the launch of Poland's first spacecraft, 'Soyuz 30,' and allows users to experience what it is like to be sitting in the cockpit of Soyuz 30.
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