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How about a virtual tour of the original CBGB?

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments CBGB, VR

CBGB was a dump. But as ground zero of the pretty much all things punk, it was an important and

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Random music news for Tuesday, September 8, 2020

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Christmas Music, Cure, Gorillaz, Judas Priest, Kanye West, Klingon, Klingpn, Liam Gallagher, Lo-Fi, Motley Crue, Napster, National Album Day, Robert Smith, Smart Speakers, Song of the Summer, VR

Klingon wine? Absolutely! Post Malone rose? Why not? And now, let’s get back to reality with what’s going on in

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Random music news for Monday, August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coldplay, Guy Barryman, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West, Porsche, Rush, Stevie Nicks, Strip Clubs, VR

If you’re outside Canada and wondering why things are a little light today it’s because today is a stat across

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Geeks&Beats Podcast 

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 272: The future of VR is sound

April 1, 2020April 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Geeks and Beats, Picard, VR

Nobody cares about audio until they can’t hear it. But when it comes to VR, what makes the virtual real

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The Offspring is set to be the next band to perform inside a video game

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Offspring, Virtual Concerts, VR, World of Tanks

A couple of weeks back, I moderated an EntertainmentTO panel on the subject of AR and VR. There was much

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Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 244: Virtual Music Reality

September 11, 2019September 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Geeks and Beats, VR

Turning the graphic novel Scary Girl into a VR world was a tall task for Dark Slope Studios. Author and creative director

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Random music news for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019March 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Captain Marvel, David Bowie, K-Pop, Liam Gallagher, Music sales, Pretty Green, Publicis, Radio, Saints and Sinners, VR

It was on this day in 2003 that the World Health Organization warned of a new threat called SARS. Moving

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Random music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018

December 1, 2018November 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Ariana Grande, Australia, iTunes, Jay Z, Kan ye West, Neuroscience, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Podcasts, Spotify, Tommy Lee, Travis Scott, Vinyl, VR, VUE, Wizard of Oz

Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018.

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 7, 2018

November 7, 2018November 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8K, Android, Aretha Franklin, Bono, Diddy, El Chapo, International Space Station, iPhone, Mac Miller, Michael Jackson, MP3 player, Muse, Prince, Roy Clark, Tim Berners-Lee, VR

On this day in 1994, WXYC, a student radio station at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, became the

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Random music news for Thursday, October 11, 2018

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carpool Karaoke, Chris Cornell, Giorgio Moroder, Hedley, Jacob Hoggard, Jimmy Kimmel, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Nickelback, Quiet Magnet Coin, Soundgarden, VR

My neighbour has started to go crazy with Halloween. There are skeletons hanging from all the trees. Charming. And now,

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Geeks&Beats 

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 203: Love Virtually

October 3, 2018October 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments A&R, AI, VR

Facebook’s Oculus has finally given early adopters a reason to jump into VR. But should the rest of us? Augmented

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