Supporting the Sense of Unity between Remote Audiences in VR-Based Remote Live Music Support System KSA2

We are developing a system to support remote audiences of live music shows. At live shows of rock or popular music, audiences take actions responding to the music. This is a style of nonverbal communication between audiences to share emotion. The "sense of unity", which is often mentioned among music players and audiences, is a key of successful live performance. This research tries to enable remote audiences to exchange nonverbal communication with body actions between them in a VR environment. We have developed a prototype system and conducted evaluation sessions. Most of the participants of the sessions felt the sense of unity.