Just over the horizon … are truly accessible virtual concerts, offering a new kind of interaction between performer and home-based audience. New, but not necessarily better; just different,
Predictor: Lanier, Jaron
Prediction, in context:A 1990 article for Billboard magazine features an interview with virtual-reality entrepreneur Jaron Lanier. It says:”Just over the horizon, he believes, maybe some five years from now, are truly accessible virtual concerts, offering a new kind of interaction between performer and home-based audience. New, but not necessarily better; just different, Lanier believes. And of no threat to the continuing life of live performances.”
Biography:Jaron Lanier was a pioneer of virtual reality and founder and former CEO of VPL. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: October 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Music
Name of publication: Billboard
Title, headline, chapter name: VR Becomes Art in Hands of Creator
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=e41899dd868358e2c12567ae35dc0370&_docnum=3&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlAl&_md5=d870c56bc5caeb6fa0bd142ea3cd2ad2
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Lightburn, Ellie