{"id":136221,"date":"2025-02-20T15:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/20\/how-a-new-vr-app-realize-music-sing-splits-the-difference-between-karaoke-and-self-care\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:08:53","slug":"how-a-new-vr-app-realize-music-sing-splits-the-difference-between-karaoke-and-self-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/20\/how-a-new-vr-app-realize-music-sing-splits-the-difference-between-karaoke-and-self-care\/","title":{"rendered":"How a New VR App, \u2018Realize Music: Sing,\u2019 Splits the Difference Between Karaoke and\u00a0Self-Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBelting out your favorite song in your car with the windows down is time-honored catharsis, a solitary moment that helps release tension and express emotion. Medical studies have shown that singing has both physical and psychological health benefits. Now, a new virtual reality app encourages users to experience those benefits with a headset strapped on, immersed in a gorgeous setting while crooning their favorite Chappell Roan song or rapping their Kendrick Lamar track of choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Realize Music: Sing<\/em>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/experiences\/realize-music-sing\/7972611729435961\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a> on Thursday (Feb. 20) exclusively on the Meta Quest in North America, is designed to promote relaxation through singing smash hits and unlocking achievements the more tunes they warble. The experience, from wellness-based entertainment venture Realize Music Inc., exists at the midsection between popular VR fitness apps like Beat Saber and Supernatural, and an uninhibited night at the karaoke bar with friends.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Realize Music: Sing | Full Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CeIupWdaO9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThis is very different than focusing on fitness, but similar in the way that this is something that you do by yourself, for yourself,\u201d Mark Roemer, Realize Music co-founder and CEO, tells <em>Billboard<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s not performative \u2014 this isn\u2019t something that you\u2019re doing to show off your skills in front of your friends at a party. It\u2019s more singing just for you, and getting yourself into the zone with the music that you love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRoemer says that <em>Realize Music: Sing<\/em>, the company\u2019s first title, began its development process during the pandemic, as the music and wellness industry veteran was joined by longtime video game producer and publisher Mike Wilson at the new company. \u201cEveryone was feeling the same levels of anxiety and stress and isolation,\u201d Roemer says. \u201cWe knew that we had something that could help get people into flow state through pattern breathing and vagus nerve stimulation. If we were to do it through some sort of meditation app, it would be a lot less likely to reach the masses than if we did something incorporating popular music, which is what we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTo do so, <em>Realize Music: Sing<\/em> launches with blanket licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, which Roemer says took about a year to secure. When users select a song to sing, they are \u201ctransported into gorgeous, otherworldly landscapes,\u201d says Roemer, and the lyrics are projected into the sky. As they sing their favorite Lady Gaga, Linkin Park or Tom Petty song, their voice emits stars, and their tone affects how the spherical landscape appears, with points earned less on performance than on movement and timing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe all have that music that changes our state,\u201d Roemer notes. \u201cAnd we wanted to have the widest variety of music in this app so that people could choose that which is appropriate for them in the moment, because that also changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Realize Music: Sing<\/em> launches at an introductory subscription price of $9.99 per month, or $99.99 for an annual subscription. While future releases are in development for Apple, Samsung and Sony PSVR2, Roemer also points out that new music will be added to the app on a weekly basis, as well as new, customized artist packs, similar to those in fitness VR apps. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve got stuff that ranges generations,\u201d says Roemer. \u201cIn a household, maybe a 12-year-old owns the headset \u2014 but there\u2019s something in there for the parents, there\u2019s something in there for the older siblings. There\u2019s something in there for literally everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRoemer also notes that <em>Realize Music: Sing<\/em> was built with Unreal Engine, the same technology used to power the visuals of the Sphere in Las Vegas \u2014 and that the VR app could eventually extend in live events as well. \u201cI envision ticketed group singalongs in that venue,\u201d he says. \u201cI am imagining genre-specific singalong parties, with thousands of others singing their hearts out!\u00a0I could easily see \u201980s, Disney, pop and oldies being wildly popular regular events \u2014 with the graphics providing a shared experience, and the seats providing a haptic element.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/tech\/realize-music-sing-virtual-reality-app-singing-vr-1235906529\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belting out your favorite song in your car with the windows down is time-honored catharsis, a solitary moment that helps release tension and express emotion. Medical studies have shown that singing has both physical and psychological health benefits. 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