VR has changed quite a bit just in the past couple years or so....popularity is on the rise
There has been radical advancements on smart TV's, mobile phone cameras and 360 Camera apps.
You can now send and control 360 VR apps to TV's from your phone.
Live Musician platforms like JamKazam are overwhelmed and unable to meet the demand.
I recently received an email from JamKazam and their current status.I posted it
here One of the first VR Concerts was with Jaunt XR..(
McCartney songs few years ago..$10 per song)...
Jaunt XR purchased by Verizon last year.
Research
Oculus...
I got into the early developer program with Microsoft years ago...it was expensive..then sold off to Facebook.
There are different platforms now and different headsets... along with the SDK for each
Check the
Oculus forums and see if smaller bands have done anything..
Check the Live Event lineups for the rest of the year..
Oculus Venues
Oculus Venues Facebook
Oculus SDK
360 CAMERA APPSThere are numerous
360 VR Concerts on Youtube..
With the COVID-19 you'll probably start seeing an acceleration on development..
EDIT:I forgot to mention some Hardware/Software to research.
If you wanted to get real/Spatial 3D sound
3D Field MicThere are not cheap..yet..maybe the prices will start coming down as popularity increases
Sennheiser has a really good one..
AMBEO VR MIC - Microphone 3D AUDIO(I actually used one to record a large 13 pc Mapex Kit)
You can record Live into DAW like Pro Tools HD,Reaper or any
DAW that supports AmbiosonicsThere are also a few portable systems like the
Sennheiser AMBEO 3D Virtual Reality VR Microphone with Zoom F4 Multitrack Field Recorder AUDIOEASE 360 has good Ambiosonic/Video/Mixing software
Facebook has
FREE software
SPATIAL WORKSTATION"The Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation is a software suite for designing spatial audio for 360 video and cinematic VR. It includes plugins for popular audio workstations, a time synchronized 360 video player and utilities to help design and publish spatial audio in a variety of formats. Audio produced with the tools can be experienced on Facebook News Feed on Android and iOS devices, Chrome for desktop and the Samsung Gear VR headset through headphones. "
Facebook get started with 360 MediaYouTube supports two different spatial audio formats:
First Order Ambisonics
First Order Ambisonics with Head-Locked Stereo
Youtube:spatial audio in 360-degree and VR videos