Shaquille O’Neal is throwing a New Year’s Eve party — and you’re welcome to experience it in VR.
“The Shaq-tacular Spectacular” is a one-hour special produced for Meta’s VR and social platforms. The recorded event will be broadcast on December 31 in a repeat loop – all night – featuring musical acts, celebrity entertainment and an “epic neon light performance” complete with a DJ set by Shaq himself. The special countdown features performances from Cardi B, Ludacris, Lil Yachty, Killer Mike, Whipped Cream and DJ Diesel (O’Neal’s deejay stage name), along with appearances from the former NFL Rob Gronkowski and model Camille Kostek.
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Shaq’s New Year’s Eve event will air on Saturday, December 31, at 3:30 p.m. PT, in VR at Meta Horizon Worlds and on Meta Quest TV, available in the Meta Quest 2 headset, as well as on O’Neal’s Facebook and Instagram pages and on Messenger’s Watch Together.
“This year we are entering 2023 with new experiences and connections. I’m excited to celebrate with some of my favorite artists and athletes in a way that you can enjoy with friends and family in VR around the world,” Shaq said in a statement. “From the music, laughter and much more, we are celebrating New Year’s and welcome 2023 with a spectacular party that you don’t want to miss!”
The set features a roller rink, a basketball court and a main stage. In addition to the featured artists, the festivities will include a marching band, cheerleaders, pro roller skaters, basketball players and fans. “The Shaq’tacular Spectacular” will also include dance-offs, which VR users will be able to replicate in the virtual experience.
The special is produced by Westbrook Media, Media.Monks and O’Neal’s Jersey Legends Productions, in partnership with Meta. The project continues Meta’s VR entertainment push, designed to drive people into the “metaverse,” after others including a virtual concert with a computer-generated avatar of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., “Eli Roth’s Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat,” starring Vanessa Hudgens, and a VR experience based on Jordan Peele’s “Nope.”
“Virtual reality has become such an exciting new way to experience and participate and engage in entertainment and culture,” said Westbrook Media president Brad Haugen. “We are thrilled to partner with Shaq, the Jersey Legends team, Media.Monks and Meta and invite audiences to spend New Years with some of their favorite artists and athletes in a which really allows them to feel like they are in the room too. The show has electrifying performances, fun and competitive games and it’s been fun for us to explore everything we can do in this space.”
Watch the teaser trailer for “The Shaq’tacular Spectacular”:
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New Year’s Eve where are you from? Since the 1300s, eve has referred to the evening before an event, usually a holiday. New Year’s Eve (December 31) names the day before New Year’s Day (January 1), making New Year’s Day the day before New Year’s Day (December 30).
Where is the apostrophe in New Years Eve?
This means that there is only one year that is new and that is being celebrated. The Eve—or the Day—belongs to that singular new year, so the apostrophe comes before the S. This may interest you : Popular SNP entertainment leaders living in prime real estate. The Oxford Dictionary of Current English spells New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as well: apostrophe-S.
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What is the correct way to say happy new year? Since you are celebrating the specific occasion, the greeting takes the status of may (if you had to write it), but since there is nothing specific for the eve or the day after the greeting, you do not add ‘s . â Correct: Happy New Year! â Incorrect: Happy New Year!
What do people say on New Years? In many countries, people send messages at the end of the year or at the beginning of the year with greetings and good wishes. A popular wish that you will see on a New Year’s greeting card is for good health. I wish you a healthy and happy new year. Another popular wish is for happiness and wealth, or prosperity.
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