Next Galaxy and Universal Music to Launch Virtual Reality Experience
December 23 2015 - 10:58AM
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MIAMI BEACH, FL -- December 23, 2015 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire --
NXGA Next Galaxy Corp (NXGA),
a leading developer of innovative content solutions and immersive
consumer virtual reality technology, today announced that it has
signed an agreement with Universal Music Enterprises to produce and
distribute a fully immersive Virtual Reality version of Megadeth's
new album, Dystopia, on its CEEK platform.
Iconic thrash rock band Megadeth will give their fans the ultimate
cutting edge experience. The Virtual Reality experience,
executive produced by Next Galaxy Founder and President Mary Spio
will feature a special VR experience of five songs from Dystopia, "Fatal Illusion,"
"Dystopia," The Threat Is Real," "Poisonous Shadows," and "Post
American World." The band's performance will appear within the
fallen city of a dystopian world modeled after the world created in
Megadeth's new music video for "The Threat Is
Real." The 360 experience will be composited
into a CG environment to create a dystopian universe surrounding
the band, and allow fans to virtually enter, engage and explore
this parallel world.
Next Galaxy brought in director Blair Underwood to help direct the
360 experience. As a director, DGA member Underwood directed the
2009 independent feature "The Bridge to Nowhere," as well as
several music videos, short films and commercials. Blair has also
appeared on ABC's hit series, "Marvel's Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D."
The CEEK platform provides social virtual reality environments
designed to let users experience live concerts, sporting events,
and much more with features like mobile VR interaction,
configurable avatars, voice and text messaging, multi-dimensional
audio decoders and compatibility with all major VR headsets. CEEK
aims to enable the ability for users to "rock out" with their
friends, whether they're in the same room or across the globe.
CEEK'S social VR platform was developed using EON REALITY's
proprietary gaming and simulation engine in partnership with EON
REALITY - the world leader in Virtual Reality based knowledge
transfer for industry, education and entrainment.
"Having been a partner with CEEK for the past two years we are
proud of having been chosen as technology and business partner for
this ground breaking application that will change social media,
live events and the way virtual reality content are produced and
distributed. We are excited about the business potential this
application has for both CEEK VR INC and EON Reality," said Mats W.
Johansson, CEO, EON Reality Group.
CEEK has been under development for the past two years with some of
the best minds in the VR industry will be simultaneously launched
with the release of Dystopia
Album.
Fans will be able to purchase the new Megadeth album, a CEEK
Virtual Reality headset (VR Cardbox) with instructions, and an
access code to unlock the exclusive content.
Featuring 11 brand new tracks, Dystopia will be released on both
CD and LP, as well as digitally through all online partners on January 22
[nd] on Universal Music Enterprises /Tradecraft / T-Boy
Records. "Fatal Illusion"
was the first track released from the album and continues to garner
major praise from press; Rolling Stone says, "…heavy, creepy
guitar… before kicking into jazz bass and a galloping thrash
riff that harks back to the group's early days." The second track
released, "The Threat Is Real," also received praise; "Megadeth
fans will rejoice with how guitar-heavy the track is," said
Loudwire.com.
With musical architect and band visionary Dave
Mustaine at the helm, Dystopia was recorded in Nashville,
TN, and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Gojira,
Avenged Sevenfold).
The rest of the Megadeth lineup is comprised of new member
Kiko Loureiro (formerly of Angra), David
Ellefson on bass, and drummer Chris
Adler, who took time away from Lamb of God to record
Dystopia. The result marks a
true return to form, adding new blood and injecting a new burst of
creative energy into the new album.
For more information, visit http://www.nextgalaxy.co.
Tina Brown Next Galaxy Corp. Tina@ceek.com
SOURCE Next Galaxy Corp.