Oculus Venues, the social app that allows ‘thousands of users’ to watch live events en masse in VR, is now available on Oculus Go and Gear VR starting today. The company has also published a full list of upcoming live events (below).
Announced last year at Oculus Connect 4, Venues lets you connect with friends and thousands of other VR users to watch live events like concerts, sporting events, stand-up comedy, movies, and more.
Many of the live events are captured specifically for VR headsets by NextVR, including stand-up comedy from the Gotham Comedy Club, live concerts from bands via School Night, content from the NBA, and the International Champions Cup pre-season friendly soccer matches.
For sports fans, the MLB is also be showing games throughout the month of June on the platform.
Concerts by Vance Joy, Chromeo, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, and Everclear are hitting Venues all throughout the summer. Other events hitting Venues later this summer include films screenings from Lionsgate Films, featuring Reservoir Dogs (1992), Sinister (2012), Apocalypse Now (1979), and National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (2002).
Most Gear VR-compatible smartphones work with Venues, excluding Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Oculus’ Code of Conduct is also in full force, with community moderators on-hand in Venues.
You can download Oculus Venues here for Gear VR and and Oculus Go.
Oculus says they’ll be highlighting Venues events in Oculus Go and Gear VR’s ‘Explore’ section where you can subscribe to upcoming events and launch them from there.
Check out this summer’s Oculus Venue showtimes below:
May Showtimes
- May 30 // Vance Joy // 7:30 pm PT
- May 31 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
June Showtimes
- June 4 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- June 6 // MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ San Francisco Giants // 12:45 pm PT
- June 7 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- June 9 // Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and The Head And The Heart // 3:55 pm PT
- June 11 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- June 13 // MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Seattle Mariners // 1:10 pm PT
- June 14 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- June 15 // Chromeo // 6:50 pm PT
- June 18 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- June 20 // MLB: Atlanta Braves @ Toronto Blue Jays // 9:37 am PT
- June 21 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- June 22 // Everclear // 10:00 pm PT
- June 25 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- June 27 // MLB: Kansas City Royals @ Milwaukee Brewers // 11:10 am PT
- June 28 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
July Showtimes
- July 2 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- July 5 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- July 9 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- July 12 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- July 16 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- July 19 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- July 23 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- July 25 // International Champions Cup: Manchester United v AC Milan // 8:00 pm PT
- July 26 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- July 28 // International Champions Cup: FC Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur // 8:00 pm PT
- July 30 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
August Showtimes
- August 2 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- August 3 // Lionsgate Presents: Reservoir Dogs // 7:00 pm PT
- August 5 // Lionsgate Presents: Sinister // 7:00 pm PT
- August 6 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- August 9 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT
- August 13 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- August 19 // Lionsgate Presents: Apocalypse Now // 7:00 pm PT
- August 20 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
- August 26 // Lionsgate Presents: National Lampoon’s Van Wilder // 7:00 pm PT
- August 27 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT
Update (4:15 PM ET): It was previously reported that MLB content was provided by NextVR. An MLB spokesperson reached out to us to correct this, saying that MLB content is the result of a separate partnership. We’ve corrected this in the body of the article.
