![]() Three more songs and the crowd was satiated. He came back on stage after a deafening audience willed him back on to recreate Like a Version he performed on Triple J. Flume aka Harley is so humble and came out to thank his hometown crowd, in which they repricprocated in spades. ![]() The graphics, lighting and smoke machines with live shots of Harley out of focus just added to this edgy performance. His special guests of Kuscka and Vince again on Smoke and Retribution was just awesome. The entire huge, mosh area and stadium was just heaving to The Top and Lose It, however when Like You came on everyone was up on their feet singing and dancing, their love for Flume was overwhelming. The theatre and drama of Flume building the beginning of his set was just stunning with a huge sheer curtain cascading down at the first big drop of his first song. Vince Staples was the lead in act and he was totally out there ! “People weren’t sure if it was real or CG.I have been to a lot of gigs and concerts in my life however The experience of seeing Flume was off the richter. “Engagement went crazy on the stream when the birds came out,” remembers Schoonover. tall trippy cockatoos beckon and surreal flowers hover in the air.”īeyond Flume’s set, Coachella’s innovative AR pipeline has paved the way for a future where augmented reality visuals aren’t just seen by fans watching at home, but by those in the real world, too. “With live AR, we transported fans at home to that magical place, so they could experience Flume and Zawanda’s surreal imagination. “The festival experience is about fully immersing yourself in the music and atmosphere to the point you get lost in the moment,” adds Eric Wagliardo, Live AR Producer at Coachella. The result was a seamless, perfectly-timed visual experience that kept fans immersed in the music. Once composited, the video feed was then sent back to the main broadcast truck, where Flume’s show director was able to cut the final result from the AR cameras live, just as he would in a traditional performance. ![]() Thanks to Unreal Engine’s DMX integration, the compositing was photoreal: the team could even synchronize all virtual lighting to the stage. Meanwhile on stage, all video feeds were color corrected live before going to the show’s AR truck, where AR visuals were composited into the live broadcast feed. Thankfully, Flume’s team was totally game. Working with legendary artist Jonathan Zawada, Flume's creative team, and show designer John McGuire, Coachella incorporated all the energy and atmosphere of the festival into AR designs that built on Flume’s pre-existing tour visuals / music videos. How do you make each “version” of Coachella feel special, and befitting of the stature of an event that is almost expected to do something big? This also creates a unique challenge for the organizers. At this point, more people watch Coachella at home than attend the festivals (millions more, to be exact), effectively segmenting the experience of the festival into two camps. While on-site performances get most of the attention, the silent story behind the scenes at Coachella is the rising rates of home viewers. ![]() “Our brief was to create proof-of-concept AR moments for the YouTube livestream something that would feel special, and new, to the millions watching at home,” says Sam Schoonover, Innovation Lead at Coachella. Since 1999, the festival has become known for creating unique experiences that make people talk, whether that’s reuniting major bands creating massive art installations or bringing Tupac back to “life.” But this year, Coachella’s organizers wanted to do something different. Big events and Coachella go hand in hand. To long-time Coachella watchers, this might not be a surprise. But unlike other shows, these treats were only for the people at home, turning what could have been ‘just another thing to watch’ into must-stream-TV. From giant cockatoos rising above the stage to golden flowers hovering over the crowd, Flume’s headlining performance was filled with awe-inspiring psychedelic visuals, leaving fans asking, “Was that real?”Ĭoachella’s organizers-along with artists at &Pull, Six Degrees of Freedom, and All of it Now- added broadcast-quality augmented reality (AR) to their YouTube livestream, kicking off a new era for musicians that want to add real-time 3D visuals to their performances. If you were shocked by what you saw while watching Coachella’s YouTube livestream this year, you wouldn’t be the only one.
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