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- Kelsey E. Onderdijk, Lies Bouckaert, Edith Van Dyck (UGent) and Pieter-Jan Maes (UGent)
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- Spurred by recent advances in digital technologies, virtual concerts have become established modes for event attendance and represent a rapidly growing segment of the music industry. Yet, up to now, general experience of virtual concert attendees remains largely underexplored. Here, we focus on a subcategory in this domain: music concerts in virtual reality (VR). Our approach is situated within the theoretical framework of embodied music cognition and entailed investigation through a survey study. Responses of seventy-four VR concert attendees were collected, consisting of demographics, motivations, experiences, and future perspectives. In contrast to previous research, which generally identified social connectedness as a main motivator for concert attendance, our sample regarded it as one of the least important incentives. On the other hand, in line with previous studies, 'seeing specific artists perform' and 'uniqueness of the experience', were pivotal. The latter was mostly fueled by the possibility to experience/interact with visuals and environments considered as unconceivable in the real world. Furthermore, 70% of our sample regarded VR concerts as 'the future of the music industry', mainly relating to the accessibility of such events. Positive evaluations of VR concert experiences, as well as future perspectives regarding the medium, were significantly influenced by the level of experienced immersivity. To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide such an account.
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- Virtual reality, Music concerts, Livestream, Social connection, Presence, Uniqueness, SOCIAL PRESENCE, E-MAIL, MUSIC, ENGAGEMENT, CONSUMPTION, ONLINE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01H253R5CRSTP32HXGFW96W2WP
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- Onderdijk, Kelsey E., et al. “Concert Experiences in Virtual Reality Environments.” VIRTUAL REALITY, vol. 27, no. 3, 2023, pp. 2383–96, doi:10.1007/s10055-023-00814-y.
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- Onderdijk, K. E., Bouckaert, L., Van Dyck, E., & Maes, P.-J. (2023). Concert experiences in virtual reality environments. VIRTUAL REALITY, 27(3), 2383–2396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-023-00814-y
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- Onderdijk, Kelsey E., Lies Bouckaert, Edith Van Dyck, and Pieter-Jan Maes. 2023. “Concert Experiences in Virtual Reality Environments.” VIRTUAL REALITY 27 (3): 2383–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-023-00814-y.
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- Onderdijk, Kelsey E., Lies Bouckaert, Edith Van Dyck, and Pieter-Jan Maes. 2023. “Concert Experiences in Virtual Reality Environments.” VIRTUAL REALITY 27 (3): 2383–2396. doi:10.1007/s10055-023-00814-y.
- Vancouver
- 1.Onderdijk KE, Bouckaert L, Van Dyck E, Maes P-J. Concert experiences in virtual reality environments. VIRTUAL REALITY. 2023;27(3):2383–96.
- IEEE
- [1]K. E. Onderdijk, L. Bouckaert, E. Van Dyck, and P.-J. Maes, “Concert experiences in virtual reality environments,” VIRTUAL REALITY, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 2383–2396, 2023.
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