If you happen to’re a Ok-Pop fan who owns a Meta Quest headset or will get one for Christmas, Meta has a present for you; free front-row seats to a BlackPink live performance in digital actuality going down on December 26 at 5pm PT / Wednesday 1am GMT / Wednesday 12am ACT.

The recording is from the group’s finale present of its current World Tour – carried out on the Gocheok Sky Dome – and will likely be accessible inside Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse platform.

And this isn’t some 10-minute clip present, it is a full-on 70-minute efficiency that has been custom-made for VR in line with a Meta press launch. It’ll function numerous the group’s hottest tracks together with Shut Down, Pink Venom, and How You Like That and extra.

Get in early to keep away from disappointment

You’ll be able to RSVP for the BlackPink live performance on the occasion’s web page however to observe it you’ll want a Quest headset – particularly an Oculus Quest 2, Meta Quest Professional, or Meta Quest 3 – and the most recent model of Meta Horizon Worlds put in.

I’d advocate setting an alarm about 1 hour earlier than the beginning time. This could offer you time to put in any updates in case your app or headset isn’t updated, get your avatar into the appropriate outfit or created when you don’t but have one, and undergo the Horizon Worlds tutorial and into the Music Valley occasion house when you haven’t performed it already.

From expertise, I can let you know it’s higher to attend for some time within the occasion than it’s to attempt to hop in final minute and be caught in lengthy digital queues that trigger you to overlook the live performance.

Well-liked artists are identified to trigger server crashes when an inflow of individuals attempt to load in all on the identical time. Meta’s first large Foo Fighters VR live performance suffered from this, and extra lately Eminiem’s efficiency in Fortnite’s Large Bang occasion was missed by plenty of followers due to related points.

Fortunately when you do miss the BlackPink live performance premiere due to server points, merely can’t make it due to different commitments, or wish to watch it once more later, replays will likely be accessible till “the tip of January” in line with the official press launch.

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