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  1. And Irony was their one and far most biggest artistic development from the ZooTV era. So lets say they are familiar with the concept ;-)
  2. Everyone complains (musicians I mean) about too many phones on a concert. Now U2 force exactly that.
    But: they don't people staring at their phones. So what will happen at the Blackout next? Pretty much the whole arena getting dark as sh*t and all that's been seen are tiny pocket lights on their instruments so they don't play wrong.

    I won't use that app, my phone has something else to do.

  3. Since Zoo TV they have embraced the very latest developments in technology for their tours this is no different .
  4. Originally posted by sparko:Everyone complains (musicians I mean) about too many phones on a concert. Now U2 force exactly that.
    But: they don't people staring at their phones. So what will happen at the Blackout next? Pretty much the whole arena getting dark as sh*t and all that's been seen are tiny pocket lights on their instruments so they don't play wrong.

    I won't use that app, my phone has something else to do.
    Oh you'll be the odd man out or as the liberals like to say the odd humaniod .
  5. Reception and internet connection during gigs is generally horrible due to how many people in one concentrated place are trying to access from the same point...

    I'm sure this won't be a total shitshow.....

    Will be interesting to see, though. Could see LIAWHL opening the show through this augmented reality and then before you know it, its the real Bono on stage.
  6. Originally posted by MattG:Reception and internet connection during gigs is generally horrible due to how many people in one concentrated place are trying to access from the same point...

    I'm sure this won't be a total shitshow.....

    Will be interesting to see, though. Could see LIAWHL opening the show through this augmented reality and then before you know it, its the real Bono on stage.
    I'm sure this won't or will?

    I don't think the app needs a working connection. Considering how much it weighs, it should have LIAWHL pre-charged not to depend on a connection... and the whole discography actually
  8. How I think this will play:
    - 80% of casual fans will have no idea about this app at the beginning of the show
    - They see some people looking at their cellphones during LIAWHL, they say "oh, that's cool, what is that?"
    - They spend the next 2 songs downloading that gigantic app...
    - Finally downloaded, they realize it only worked for one song...
    - They say "well, I have my cell phone out, let's check FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
    - 5 songs already passed, SBS acoustic starts playing, casual fan: Time to buy a beer!

  9. According to different studies 62% of women check their cellphones DURING sex, other studies say is 1 out of 10 people, what's going to stop them to do that during a concert?
  10. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:How I think this will play:
    - 80% of casual fans will have no idea about this app at the beginning of the show
    - They see some people looking at their cellphones during LIAWHL, they say "oh, that's cool, what is that?"
    - They spend the next 2 songs downloading that gigantic app...
    - Finally downloaded, they realize it only worked for one song...
    - They say "well, I have my cell phone out, let's check FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
    - 5 songs already passed, SBS acoustic starts playing, casual fan: Time to buy a beer!

    Probably accurate...

    ...unless they do something about #1 in the first place. Like investing in a Ticketmaster/WhateverVendor newsletter to everyone who bought tickets, and advertising the app at the venue too so people can download it prior to the show.
  11. Was being sarcastic about it not being a shitshow - I think it totally will be.

    Even if it doesn't need an internet connection for LIAWHL, won't it depend on some sort of location service which will require data use? Otherwise, I could open the app every night from my couch at 9:20PM and catch the intro of the show...but, then again, I'm fairly phone/network illiterate, so I'm just speculating here. Just picturing 20,000 people all trying to get on a location-based app all at once and seeing a lot of "buffering" style screens.

    EDIT: I guess if it has to be pointed at the stage to even work, sort of like a Snapchat filter, it would just trigger based on the image its reading, and load a pre-saved VR reaction that wouldn't require the network. Still makes me nervous that 20k people will theoretically be doing it at once.

    I suppose they streamed a fairly smooth video feed from Periscope every night of I&E, so they managed that somehow. Don't know if that has any correlation to their abilities with the VR.

    I'm sure info to download the app will be on some sort of scrolling message on LED banners / screens etc. so they can get as many people doing it as possible.
  12. I guess this will work during Cedarwood Road, also? There were some mock up visuals.
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