Masahiro Inoue Sets VRChat Festival Paracross for December 13
Masahiro Inoue will hold a large-scale VRChat festival called Paracross on Sunday, December 13, an expanded version of the July festival he held in VRChat. Thai actor and singer Noeul Nuttarat is set to appear as a guest.
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Why it matters
Inoue's July live relayed his appearance and voice across 30 VRChat instances to reach over 1,000 people, and Paracross plans to use LapisCast to repeat that approach at larger scale, which makes the event a test of multi-instance performance tools as much as a fan festival.
Key Facts
- Masahiro Inoue will hold the VRChat festival Paracross on Sunday, December 13.
- Thai actor and singer Noeul Nuttarat is set to appear as a guest.
- The July Masahiro Inoue Debug Festival used 30 VRChat instances and drew over 1,000 audience members.
- Recruitment for volunteer performers and operating staff began on November 3.
- Inoue plans to adopt LapisCast for Paracross to relay his appearance and voice across instances.
Recruitment opened on November 3 for volunteer performers and operating staff, with traveling VRChat event exhibits also accepted alongside music and dance acts.
The July run, billed as Masahiro Inoue Debug Festival, put 30 instances in VRChat to work. Performers assigned to each instance appeared as opening acts, then Inoue's own live was relayed to every venue as video rather than performed in person, reaching over 1,000 audience members. Paracross is expected to run the same way.
VRChat instances cap at 80 people, which normally sets an event's ceiling at capacity minus staff. The relay method used in July bypassed that limit, and development of technology to distribute a performer's appearance and voice to multiple instances has accelerated since. For Paracross, Inoue plans to adopt LapisCast, one of the tools that has reached operational use.
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