At 2 PM 2/2/2018 Marshmello played the largest live music event ever from a stage set up inside the popular game Fortnite. It will go down in history as the first ever virtual live concert with over 10 million in-game characters in attendance. Streamers and gamers were blown away by the interactive fan participation in the concert. Marshmello asked them to jump and on the beat the game switched to low gravity letting millions jump 30 feet into the air, high above the stage and holographic characters dancing on and on top of the stage where Marshmello continued to play. Right on queue with the lyrics "I can Fly" the dance floor and area all around the stage instantly let all the players skydive as if being dropped from the bus. For 10 minutes the most popular game in the world was Marshmello's personal dance party.
Marshmello, Fortnite and the team at Epic flawlessly delivered a new mixed-medium artform, an in-game virtual concert performed live with interactive fan participation.
You can easily find the show on YouTube but the in-game experience was completely mind-blowing, there is a huge future in virtual music concerts and festivals, whether it takes place within a massively popular game like Fortnite or if artists begin finding ways and locations to host their own shows, there is no denying the fun of attending and participating in a live event from your living room instead of just watching it like a spectator.
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