Last year, soul music superground NxWorries made a grand return as rapper/singer Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge teamed up with singer/songwriter HER to release “Where I Go,” their first new single as a group since their 2016 debut album Yes Lawd! It turned out to not just be one-off when they announced a globe-spanning tour …
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Brandi Carlile, Ciara, Hayley Kiyoko, And More Will Perform At This Year’s Virtual ‘Can’t Cancel Pride’ Event
Getty Image Pride Month is almost here, so Procter & Gamble is teaming up with iHeartMedia for another year of their annual event Can’t Cancel Pride. Hosted by JoJo Siwa, the virtual affair will take place on June 15 from the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles and will be streaming online for fans to watch. 2021’s …
Should creators start to worry about the rise of virtual and AI influencers?
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‘Roblox’ Virtual Concerts Are Both Game-Changing And More Of The Same (In A Good Way)
Roblox/Getty Image/Derrick Rossignol On September 18, 2020, Ava Max released her debut album, Heaven & Hell. Around that time, she celebrated the project’s release with a launch party. The event didn’t take place in some personally meaningful place like her hometown, or in a major city among the big lights. Instead, it happened on Roblox. …
Conjoined twins with fused brains separated; surgeons practiced for months in virtual reality
The things human beings have figured out how to do boggles the mind sometimes, especially in the realm of medicine. It wasn’t terribly long ago that people with a severe injury had to liquor up, bite a stick, have a body part sewn up or sawed off and hope for the best. (Sorry for the …
Even Spotify Is Getting In On The AI Trend With Its New Virtual DJ
It seems that everyone is getting into the AI game these days (for better or for worse) and of course, that includes digital streaming platforms. Today, Spotify unveiled its own new AI feature, DJ, which according to Spotify’s press release, sounds a lot like the song radio function already on the platform. DJ, using OpenAI …
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Ozzy Osbourne Gets Too Into A Virtual Reality Game For His Playstation VR2 Commercial
Ozzy Osbourne has been getting in his time on the television screen. The former Black Sabbath frontman was in an ad from the enterprise software company Workday. “Who’s the new guy?” one worker asks. The other replies, “I don’t know, but he’s supposed to be some kind of rock star.” Now, he’s in a commercial …
Chance The Rapper Wants Help Choosing A Setlist For His Potential ‘Acid Rap’ Virtual Concert
Getty Image I will die on the “Chance The Rapper’s debut album The Big Day was good” hill, but while I might be up there alone, almost no one disputes the opinion that the Chicagoan’s second mixtape, Acid Rap, was a stone-cold classic. With the tape’s 10th anniversary coming up soon — time is, after …
Virtual Grandad's cover of Gorillaz hit 'On Melancholy Hill' is a surprise folk anthem
Frank Watkinson, 69, of Huntingdon, England, just outside of Cambridge, is an excellent example of the magic that can happen when people have the time to explore their gifts. After retiring, he followed his passion for music and has developed a loyal following on YouTube. In the 12 years since he joined the platform, he’s …
Lady Gaga Lets Fans Workout To Her Biggest Hits Through A New Virtual Reality Fitness Collab
Getty Image Lady Gaga is the newest artist to partner with a VR fitness company, Supernatural, for a special workout for fans. As the artist of the month for December, she joins the ranks of Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, Coldplay, and The Weeknd, who have special playlists that fans can jam out to — in …
Redefining Romance for the Virtual Age
Dec. 2, 2022 – When a young man finds himself falling for a 300-year-old cyborg in the 2019 sci-fi film Alita: Battle Angel, they share the following exchange: “Does it bother you,” the cyborg (Alita) asks, “that I’m not completely human?” “You are the most human person I have ever met,” the young man …
Treating MS Pain With Virtual Reality
By Leigh Charvet, PhD, clinical neuropsychologist, as told to Alyson Powell Key Charvet and Martin Malik co-presented the study “Virtual Reality as an Intervention for Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis” at the American Academy of Neurology’s 73rd Annual Meeting, April 17-22, 2021, where scientists discuss the latest research in MS and other brain and nerve …