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Games in concert: collaborative music making in virtual reality

Over the last two years, the Games in Concert project explored the possibilities and implications of collaborative artistic creation of music in virtual reality (VR). Therefore a multiuser VR environment and three virtual instruments have been designed to create, shape and experience sound in various ways. These Are: Paint: The artist can literally paint music in the 3D space. Trees: The artist can add and customize sounding tree-like objects. Keys: An external input device was used to explore the possibility to incorporate and visualize non-VR instruments in a VR space. Additionally, we built a stage setup to test the impact of a VR concert on an audience. The musicians embed the artistic content directly within the virtual environment. The spectator is free to explore their work independently, having his/her own visual and auditory perspective. Also, spectators can closely observe what the artists are creating in real-time. They are standing with them, in a manner of speaking, on the (virtual) stage. To be able to present the spectacle to a larger audience we introduced the "Game Jockey". Acting as the intermediary between the artists inside and the public outside the virtual environment, his in-game view and hearing are rendered on a large screen and multiple speakers, providing a visual experience with surround sound.