On October, 21 Jean-Michel Jarre released his 22nd album "OXYMORE", an immersive concert that was simultaneously played at the Palais Brongniart in multichannel format and in Virtual Reality on the social VR platform VRChat in an effort to bridge the gap between the real and virtual worlds.
WHAT DOES "OXYMORE" MEAN?
Oxymore / Oxymoron is a figure of speech that aims to bring together two contradictory terms, two terms that come together unexpectedly: musique concrète, virtual reality, artificial intelligence.
OXYVILLE. VR Universe
OXYMORE is an homage to Pierre Henry - a pioneer of acousmatic art and one of the most prominent figures of the French school of concrete music. Pierre Henry bequeathed a series of compositions to Jean-Michel Jarre during his lifetime, with the mutual wish to create a collaborative work.
The intangible shadow of Pierre Henry hangs over the immersive work, inviting the public to lose themselves in an unexpected acoustic journey orchestrated by Jean-Michel Jarre.
Quest-compatible virtual city is inspired by iconic musical instruments of the earliest stages of electronic music.
Jean-Michel Jarre's OXYMORE was broadcasted live on VRChat in Oxyville, the XR capital of music and sound designed by Pavel Pavlyukov and produced by VRROOM.
Live performances in spatial audio happened at Palais Brongniart, Paris on October 23, 24 and 25. Real life concerts were broadcasted to OXYVILLE as Holograms and on-screen videostream.
The music and visual styles were created at the same time with mutual influence and inspiration to each other. As a result, Oxyville is a city with 11 districts designed to match the concert's 11 movements that the audiences can explore in full immersion.
The cover design developed for the Oxymore album, also became a concert stage of the Oxyville.
Using the virtual cameras integrated into the world by XR Director Georgy Molodtsov, each VR concert was shot as a cinematic experience, where visitors became actors on the virtual film set. Multicam livestream from the Virtual World Oxyville was made on October 24 to major social media platforms and was available in replay for 1 week.
HOW TO EXPERIENCE OXYMORE?
You can visit OXYMORE Official World in VRChat
(accessible through PC, PC VR and Meta Quest / Meta Quest 2)
Download VRChat and create an account. Once you're inside VRChat in your headset, search for 'OXYMORE Official WOrld' in the WORLDS tab or you can launch the world from your browser.
Oxyville is a virtual city built in VRChat with the goal of maximum compatibility with the most popular devices - Meta/Oculus Quest and PC VR Headsets; it also includes a PC desktop version. The majority of virtual events happening in the popular platform VRChat are PC-only.
The total size of the Quest-compatible Oxyville world is just 35 MB.
That was achieved by the artistic style of art director, Pavel Pavlyukov, 3D Supervisor Dmitry Vorobiev, who created the world without post effects, artificial light sources, and using simple textures and geometry, with the support of VRrOOm's integration and gamification team Antony Vitillo, Lapo Germasi and Victor Pukhov.
(accessible through PC, PC VR and Meta Quest / Meta Quest 2)
Download VRChat and create an account. Once you're inside VRChat in your headset, search for 'OXYMORE Official WOrld' in the WORLDS tab or you can launch the world from your browser.
Oxyville is a virtual city built in VRChat with the goal of maximum compatibility with the most popular devices - Meta/Oculus Quest and PC VR Headsets; it also includes a PC desktop version. The majority of virtual events happening in the popular platform VRChat are PC-only.
The total size of the Quest-compatible Oxyville world is just 35 MB.
That was achieved by the artistic style of art director, Pavel Pavlyukov, 3D Supervisor Dmitry Vorobiev, who created the world without post effects, artificial light sources, and using simple textures and geometry, with the support of VRrOOm's integration and gamification team Antony Vitillo, Lapo Germasi and Victor Pukhov.
Music and Creative Direction: Jean-Michel Jarre
Creative Producer: Louis Cacciuttolo
Art Director / 3D Artist: Pavel Pavlyukov
VR&Film Director / Producer: Georgy Molodtsov
3D Supervision / R&D: Dmitry Vorobyov
3D Animation/Rigger: Vlad Maleev
Chief Developer: Antony Vitillo
Technical Artist: Lapo Germasi
Technical Artist: Victor Pukhov
Rigger: Lucas Butel
Production Coordinator: Maud Clavier
Broadcasting/2D Video: David Montagne/Yeh Che
Hologram: François Bouille
Creative Producer: Louis Cacciuttolo
Art Director / 3D Artist: Pavel Pavlyukov
VR&Film Director / Producer: Georgy Molodtsov
3D Supervision / R&D: Dmitry Vorobyov
3D Animation/Rigger: Vlad Maleev
Chief Developer: Antony Vitillo
Technical Artist: Lapo Germasi
Technical Artist: Victor Pukhov
Rigger: Lucas Butel
Production Coordinator: Maud Clavier
Broadcasting/2D Video: David Montagne/Yeh Che
Hologram: François Bouille
