In this time of lockdown, there are over 52,000 artists in the UK who cannot promote themselves on radio and tv, tour nor sell merchandise. The music industry contributed £5.2Bn to the UK economy in 2018, experts warn it could be as low as £1.5bn for 2020. Their market has been utterly decimated, income plummeted and might take years to readjust.
Fans are experiencing boredom, loneliness, depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues that develop due to isolation and lack of entertainment according to Prof Ed Bullmore, head of psychiatry — University of Cambridge.
For over 15 years, oxford university has been using immersive VR technologies to assess, understand, and treat mental health problems, saving lives.
Dr Lucia Valmaggia, a reader in clinical psychology at King’s College London is convinced VR can improve psychological treatments in the future.
UK Music’s chief executive Michael Dugher says Government estimates that arts gives NHS cost savings of £168.8m due to reduced GP visits and 96% of patients had positive responses to music therapy.
Entertainers desperately need new ways to showcase video content, increase their reach, engagement and revenue from fans. Immersive technology can help them increase these by up to 300%.
The problem with combining immersive technology and music is lack of content, expensive gadgets and technology constraints.
VR headsets are very clunky, expensive and cause motion sickness and eye strain, so people are reluctant to create content. Immersive clothingare extremely expensive at £5000.
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This increases artists’ reach, engagement and revenue.
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