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Reggie Watts Returns to AltspaceVR for an 8-week Live Show Series

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Tired of binge-watching Netflix or seen every Marvel/Star Wars film on Disney+? Then you’ll be looking for more entertainment. This weekend multi-talented Reggie Watts will be returning to AltspaceVR to perform 8 live shows over the next few weeks.

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A vocal artist, beatboxer, musician, and comedian, Watts has been a regular on the social virtual reality (VR) app since his debut in 2016.

In a new show called Reinterpreted Reality with Reggie Watts he’ll be delighting VR audiences the world over with his own eclectic mix of comedy and music. He’ll once again be in full avatar mode and thanks to AltspaceVR’s tech it’ll be a true virtual performance that literally anyone stepping into the digital realm can enjoy, just like a real world live set.

The shows start tomorrow, 2nd May, continuing every Saturday until 20th June. Each show will be an hour-long beginning at 5pm PT/8pm ET – 1am BST each Sunday for the UK.

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Follow the links below for more information and to RSVP.

May 2 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (3rd May 1am BST)
May 9 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (10th May 1am BST)
May 16 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (17th May 1am BST)
May 23 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (24th May 1am BST)
May 30 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (31st May 1am BST)
June 6 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (7th June 1am BST)
June 13 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (14th June 1am BST)
June 20 – 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET (21st June 1am BST)

AltspaceVR is a free app which supports a wide range of VR headsets including Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift/Rift S, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Valve Index. There’s even a 2D mode to watch events on your PC monitor.

Its made up of various worlds where people can hang out and chat, play games and enjoy other events. In the summer of 2017, AltspaceVR looked like it was finished, saved at the last minute thanks to an acquisition by Microsoft. As AltspaceVR continues to expand its content lineup, VRFocus will keep you updated.

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Reggie Watts to Kick Off Live Show Series in ‘AltspaceVR’ Starting Saturday

Comedian, lyrical wizard and beatboxer extraordinaire Reggie Watts is set to return to AltspaceVR on Saturday, May 2nd, for an inaugural live show in his newly unveiled multi-week series called ‘Reinterpreted Reality’.

Watts is returning to the social VR platform tomorrow, thereby kicking off a series of free live shows that will span the next eight weeks.

Shows will take place every Saturday, starting May 2nd and ending on June 20th, starting at 5:00 PM PT (local time here).

Watts is no stranger to the AltspaceVR platform; he’s been showing up for virtual comedy spots since 2016, presenting his musical comedy stylings via his own avatar. Unlike other live concerts in VR, which are more like communal gatherings of livestreamed video, Watts is again showing up in-headset where he’ll be simulcast to an unlimited number of users. The artist’s avatar is replicated across technically infinite numbers of stages, so everyone showing up for Watts can watch it as if they were in the same virtual room together.

AltspaceVR is free, and supports a wide range of devices, including SteamVR-compatible headsets via Steam, Oculus Rift via the Oculus Store, Oculus Quest, and Oculus Go. It also supports 2D mode via desktop, letting most anyone join in for chats, live shows, and community events.

You can RSVP for each event by clinking the links below:

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Cartoon Network’s ‘Journeys VR’ Experience Gets Trippy with Reggie Watts, Trailer Here

Cartoon Network unveiled a new VR experience on Tuesday which is slated to take you on a magical trip through three original VR shorts. To guide you is—who else—the soothing baritone of comedian/musician Reggie Watts.

Watts lends his voice to Gormlorm, a “traveling wizard of the multiverse” who has set up camp in a desert oasis.

Developed by Paper Crane Games, TwinSky Games, and Cartoon Network Studios, the patently Wattsian experience takes you on three journeys, each of which looks to deliver the sort of mind-bending trip only VR can legally provide in most jurisdictions:

Beyond Beeville – As an outcast one-winged bee, you must save your colony from impending collapse by teaming up with your pollen companion, Penny. Explore the garden, solve puzzles, and discover secrets beyond the hive.

Jest to Impress – You are trying out as jester of the King’s court. As jester-in-training, you are presented with a series of escalating props and puzzles. The more the King laughs, the more jealous his personal bard becomes. If your comedic acts fall flat, prepare to become dragon food.

Kosma Kwest – You have been summoned to the cosmic plane to become a potential replacement for Kosma, The Supreme Being, who is in desperate need of a vacation. Complete four metaphysical lessons of the cosmos and take your place on the celestial throne.

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According to the Los Angeles Times, the experience was created as a collaboration between multiple animators and artists who developed the VR experience during a series of workshops at the Burbank studio’s VR lab.

Journeys VR is slated to arrive for free on Steam for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift on October 1st.

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You Could Win a Chance to Improv with Reggie Watts in ‘AltspaceVR’ Soon

Musician and comedian Reggie Watts is no stranger to AltspaceVR, Microsoft’s social VR platform. This weekend you can enter to win a chance to get on the stage and improv with the man himself.

Watts (The Late Late Show) will be climbing the virtual stage on January 18th, 2019 to present another live concert, showcasing his comedy, live music, and improv skills.

If you’re keen on meeting Watts and getting a chance to improv with the comedy/music virtuoso himself, AltspaceVR will be holding a preliminary ‘Improv Night Battle’ with organizers We Are ImproVR.

Improv Night Battle will be taking place Saturday, January 5th, 2019 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM PST (local starting time here). You can RSVP here; make sure to read the description below:

Now is your chance to win the opportunity to improv live with Reggie Watts!

In order to compete, you MUST arrive at the start of the event and check-in. All competitors will be put through a series of improvisational challenges to ultimately determine who is the wittiest of them all!

No comedic experience or skill is required, so come up on stage and be the biggest, funniest doofus you possibly can be.

Can’t improv but want to spectate on the action? Come join us for laughs, weird stories, madness and most importantly, have fun!

Watts will be on stage January 18th at 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM PST (local start time here). If it’s going to be anything like his previous shows, event-goers will be treated to an awesome showcase of Watts’ famous steam-of-thought comedy/music translated through a full-body tracking setup.

Multiple rooms will also likely be hosted, so a hypothetically infinite number of users can watch Watts in action. Check out the event page here.

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Justin Roiland (‘Rick and Morty’) To Host Live VR Talk Show With Reggie Watts

Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty) To Host Live VR Talk Show With Reggie Watts

Today is a good day to be a fan of both comedy and virtual reality. Tonight, Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty) and Reggie Watts (Comedy Bang Bang, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert) will be joining forces inside AltspaceVR to host a live talk show and all of you are invited.

The talk show will be taking place tonight at 8 pm PT (11pm ET) and will feature both stars sharing their irreverent views on life, love and all things digital. According to the event’s official blurb, “Join Reggie and Justin as they host their first talk show in VR. Get ready for the absurd and the irreverent, as they join forces to blow up AltspaceVR. Let them try…”

AltpsaceVR is a popular immersive, social application available for multiple VR headsets. Inside AltspaceVR, you assume the form of one of several basic avatars and move around many virtual environments while interacting with other digital avatars to play games, watch videos or just shoot the electronic breeze.

Watts is becoming something of an unofficial spokesmen for the app and for virtual reality in general. His first VR film Waves premiered at last years Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim. Tonight’s event will be the latest in a series of performances and activations that Watts has hosted for AltpsaceVR.

Tonight will mark Roiland’s first appearance as a virtual talk show host, but he too is no stranger to the digital world. Roiland has started his own VR gaming studio dubbed appropriately as Squanchtendo. The young company recently put out its first ever product in the form of Accounting: a hilarious meta-commentary on VR that was co-produced by Crows Crows Crows (The Stanley Parable).

Tonights performance will be free and open to anyone with either an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or Samsung Gear VR headset. There is also a 2D mode that allows the experience to be viewed on a standard laptop or PC.

To download AltspaceVR and get started visit their official website.

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Meet Justin Roiland, Janeane Garofalo, Reggie Watts and Many More This Week in AltspaceVR

Getting into a live show with your favorite celebrity isn’t that tough if you live in the entertainment epicenters of L.A. or New York, but this week AltspaceVR, the social VR platform, is bringing the entertainers to you. Like all AltspaceVR performances and meetups, you’ll be able to join with Gear VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and traditional monitors using PC or Mac.

On Tuesday, October 25th at 8PM PDT (local time) AltspaceVR is hosting a live showing of the Duncan Trussell Family Hour, a popular podcast presented by stand-up comedian Duncan Trussell. Host of The Price is Right Drew Carey will be there for the hour-long talk, which considering Trussell’s verbose style and affinity for all things weird, is sure to be a wild evening. RSVP here.

Reggie Watts Avatar PRSinger, beat boxer and comedian Reggie Watts will be hitting the stage again on Wednesday, October 26th at 8PM PDT (local time), but this time he’ll be joining Justin Roiland, creator of Rick and Morty, for their first talk show in VR. Watts has so far done a few live performances in AltspaceVR using a full-body tracking setup that gave his avatar the ability to gesture, dance and transmit all manner of physical gag across multiple instances of the same VR nightclub setting. RSVP here.

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Comedian Janeane Garofalo is hitting the virtual stage on Thursday, October 27th at 4PM PDT (local time) for a screening of Seeso’s Debate Wars, a new comedy show where comedians go head to head (moderated by Michael Ian Black) on important topics like cats vs. dogs, pie vs. cake, babies vs. old people. Garofalo will take questions from the virtual audience at the end of the screening. RSVP here.

Mr. Robot (2015) writer and technology producer Kor Adana will be talking cybersecurity and democracy live in VR with The Verge on Sunday, October 30th at 6PM PDT (local time). Adana will be discussing the importance of cybersecurity and how the series has brought attention to this important topic. The talk will be taking place in the Virtual Democracy Plaza, a room modeled after Rockefeller Plaza in New York. RSVP here.

AltspaceVR has a number of other weekly occurring events running throughout the week, so make sure to check out their featured events page for more info.

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AltspaceVR’s Content Line-Up For This Week Includes Reggie Watts & Rick and Morty Creator Justin Roiland

There’s always an event going on in AltspaceVR, the social virtual reality (VR) portal, and this coming week is no different. In fact over the next 7 days AltspaceVR’s schedule is quite packed with lots of immersive events taking place, featuring musical comedian Reggie Watts, Drew Carey and Mr. Robot writer Kor Adana to name a few.

Starting on Monday 24th, October, at 8pm PT (25th at 4am UK time) is Pot, Guns, & Death: CA Propositions. The synopsis from Reddit details: “California will be voting to repeal the death penalty, legalize marijuana, raise the cigarette tax, mandate condom usage in pornographic films, and ban big ammo and plastic bags. NBC4 Southern California anchors Conan Nolan and Mekahlo Medina will be poring over the ballot. Propositions approved in California are often approved elsewhere. How would you vote?”

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Then on the 25th at 8pm PT will be the Duncan Trussell Family Podcast Hour. For the podcast Trussell will have Drew Carey – Price is Right and The Drew Carey Show – as a guest. On Wednesday 26th both Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland and Reggie Watts will be hosting their own talk show.

Veteran comedian Janeane Garofalo will be presenting a screening of Seeso’s new comedy show, Debate Wars, on Thursday 27th at 4pm PT. This will see comedians go head to head on important topics like cats vs. dogs.

And to round the week off, on Sunday 30th at 6pm PT, writer Kor Adana, the technical brain behind the smash hit TV shoe Mr.Robot, will be talking with The Verge about cyber security.

To watch any of these shows you’ll need to download the AltspaceVR app through Google Play for Google Cardboard, Oculus Store for Samsung’s Gear VR, Oculus Home for Oculus Rift or Steam for HTC Vive. After which you’ll need to RSVP.

For all the latest AltspaceVR news, keep reading VRFocus.

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Reggie Watts Returns to AltspaceVR Next Week

Regular readers of VRFocus may remember back in May when we reported on acclaimed comedian, beatboxer and DJ, Reggie Watts holding a live performance via social virtual reality (VR) app, AltspaceVR. The show was to celebrate the launch of FrontRow, AltspaceVR’s new tech that gives everyone a front row seat to events. Today Watts has revealed on Twitter that he’ll be returning for another performance next week.

Reggie’s tweet doesn’t reveal any details about the show, other than it’ll be taking place on Wednesday 14th September at 8pm PST (4am GMT). Viewers can expect to see an eclectic mix of comedy and music as his improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine.

Reggie Watts New AltspaceVR Show

AltspaceVR’s FrontRow has the ability to bring thousands of people to an event from across the world. Instead of live-streaming a show in 180 or 360-degrees like NextVR, FrontRow mirrors performers’ avatars to all audience locations. The performer’s gestures, movements and voice are instantly shared in all the performance spaces.

“FrontRow allows everyone who attends to have a front row seat. Do you want to have a private party and attend the show with just your friends? You can do that. Do you want to enjoy the show just by yourself? You can do that. Do you want to have the traditional public event experience with 50 new friends? You can do that, too, Eric Romo, CEO of AltspaceVR has previously commented.

To watch Reggie Watts’ next show you’ll need to download the AltspaceVR app through Google Play for Google Cardboard, Oculus Store for Samsung’s Gear VR, Oculus Home for Oculus Rift or Steam for HTC Vive, and register here.

As AltspaceVR holds more performances, VRFocus will keep you updated.