The success of the audience experience research conducted alongside the Real-time Immersive Streamed Experiences for Motion Capture Performance (RISE MoCaP) project on the 23rd of April 2026 inspired a follow-up study. Only this time, the performance took a more traditional approach, where the band performed live at CoSTAR Live Lab, to a live audience. This event posed as a second study condition, where the audience experience can be directly compared between the two live music experiences.
The project was led by PhD Student Laney Haywood and the combined technical teams from CoSTAR Live Lab and the AudioLab who provided the support to ensure the event and the data collection ran smoothly. It was funded through EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funding, and was one of several projects led by University of York researchers, lecturers, and technical staff to be funded at Live Lab this summer.