Duran Duran to Perform Virtual Gigs 67
Sir Haxalot writes "The British band Duran Duran is to create a virtual island within the online world of Second Life, on which they will perform actual live concerts." From the article: "Three-dimensional versions of the band members - called Avatars - have been commissioned and will be revealed in September. The band hopes to perform their first virtual concert in the coming months. Rhodes added: 'We are hoping to give the crowd that come to the virtual concert a real immersive experience, so they can interact with us and react while we are stage.'"
Kudos (Score:5, Insightful)
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Also, I only pay US$6/mnth for Second Life. When you pay Quarterly or Anually the price drops significantly. US$9.95 is the most you'd pay for a premium account, not including any land use fees.
Having said that though, I am currently paying US$70/mnth just in land use fees on top of my US$72/yr subscription. This is all in land use fees for the var
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The land I have put commercial projects or shops or whatever on is breaking even and paying for itself. Thats all good. My "home" I still pay for myself, but I have no problem with that.
Where things fall apart is that I still end up spending like US$200-300 a month on toys and other things I see and want
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A "virtual gig" though.... I mean, that's a DVD, right? Either I'm watching the band live, or I'm just listening to a CD. I don't get what's not a gimmick about the whole thing.
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So you're listening to them live, they're listening to and reading your feedback live, but you may be in California while they're actually in London.
If that doesn't explain it, you'll just have to check out second life for yourself. There are some good concerts/performan
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> There are some good concerts/performances there and some bad ones (much like real life).
Unlike real life there's apparantly an element of the band reviewing my feedback. That never happened with normal bands, so how will it happen with a virtual one?
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-Eric
Does anyone know? (Score:3, Funny)
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A virtual island? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh come on... (Score:2, Insightful)
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No, you could attend the concert entirely for free just by http://secondlife.com/ss/?u=0e0a47b321633ec4bf7e7b 1232505838 [slashdot.org]">signing up for a basic account to Second Life.
There is no cost to access the game. The only time cost becomes an issue is if you want to own your own land. But theres nothing stopping you accessing events in the game, or creating your own items, or buying anything you might possibly want.
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I contend that was an even better record than Rio.
But since then,
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I wholeheartedly agree. 1983 was not a random date - that's when Seven and the Ragged Tiger came out. I contend that was an even better record than Rio.
I liked Rio more than 7RT (though that was a good album too), but I agree that it was all over after that. They should have just let the band die.
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On the upside, their greatest cd makes for really fun driving music =]
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damn you! You've found me out!
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Seriously - Duran Duran has virtually sucked for virtually 25 years.
I know you're trolling, but that does beg the question-- will the Duran Duran avatars be modelled after their 40-50 year old bodies today (complete with wrinkles) or will they be the pretty-boys from the Rio video? Not that I particularly care, of course... Ahem...
This kind of this could literally give a "Second Life" to musical acts whose careers ended when their looks started to go.
I Know A Guy Who Runs FOH For Them.... (Score:2)
He also said they had an army of laptops running Logic during the show. So... they might as well put on a virtual show, sounds like they already are!
Publicity (Score:2, Interesting)
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-Eric
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Interaction (Score:2)
Anyone hear about.... (Score:2)
Duran Duran, huh? (Score:2)
Re:Duran Duran, huh? (Score:2)
lol
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Interaction (Score:2)
Interact and react. In Quake or Unreal Tournament sense? Duran Duran Deathmatch.
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So there'll be a minigun included with the ticket price then?
Aha! (Score:2)
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Aha? (Score:2)
The Gorillaz did this with holograms (Score:5, Informative)
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so what's different? (Score:3, Funny)
It's probably just bad boys experiencing the reflex.
/cluck (Score:1)
Oh great (Score:2)
Ordinary? (Score:1)
That's fine.. (Score:2)
No, the cat does not "got my tongue." (Score:1)
> island within the online world of Second Life, on
> which they will perform actual live concerts."