Shangri-La’s Lost Horizon records 4m+ viewers

Festival fans in 100 countries tuned in for the debut of Lost Horizon, the virtual-reality festival from the makers of Shangri-La at Glastonbury

News By IQ | 10 July 2020

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More than four million people worldwide tuned in to Lost Horizon, the new virtual festival by the team behind Glastonbury Festival’s Shangri-La, which took place on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 July.

According to organisers, a total of 4.36m viewers, from over 1,100 cities in 100 countries, attended the event, which took place over six stages built in VR events platform Sansar, some of which recreated real places in Glastonbury’s after-hours Shangri-La area. That figure includes viewers on Sansar/VR, PC, iOS…

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