Metallica on AVP

Apple has dropped the latest video in its “immersive experiences” category on the Vision Pro. This time it’s a short concert film featuring Metallica. Here’s the teaser on YouTube.

I haven’t watched all of the other immersive videos, but I have been more than a casual Metallica fan over the years so I had to check this one out.

It’s phenomenal. Absolutely an incredible use of this platform. This is what the Vision Pro should be. I was locked in to the entire 25-minute or so performance. This event sets the bar for what entertainment in an immersive environment can be.

I watched the same event(s) without the immersive video afterward, and it’s night and day. Watching this on the Vision Pro, you feel the raw energy of this band and its fans. So cool.

But why can't we get a full length concert? I'd to see the whole show from these perspectives, without the automatic cutting between cameras. The beauty of this platform is the ability to get completely immersed yet every time the camera changes automatically it takes me out of that immersion.

Also, nit picking here, but whoever produced this film clearly isn't a musician. Anyone remotely familiar with playing in a band or an instrument would highlight the performer that's actively playing at the time. There were several guitar solos that would have been really cool to watch played but instead the camera was panning around the crowd or showing one of the other band members that wasn't doing anything interesting.