in the backers mailing list, they wrote that the VR video will be available for a limited time, and maybe it depends on the fact that will be a live streamed event with VR support: maybe the URL of the VR video will be available just some hours before the event, probably its platform works differently compared to normal live streaming ^-^
Ah, I could understand that being the case. Normal YouTube livestreams go to the page with a message about how the event hasn't started yet, I believe. If, possibly, that page doesn't show beforehand for the same length of time...I could imagine that. YouTube might reduce that window if there are higher hardware requirements to generate a VR image in real time--which, theoretically, shouldn't *have* to happen in this case, if it works like 2021 Online did, since I assume (possibly incorrectly) the VR video could be prepared beforehand, but the concert is on the same live platform as people who
do generate a moment-to-moment live VR feed.... Though really, YouTube shouldn't *have* to do any extra work until the video actually starts...doesn't mean they don't, though--they might spin up the extra stuff as soon as the page loads so that it's ready when the stream starts.... Mm, I could see that, or something like it, making some sense.
If that is the case, I kind of wish something like that could have been included in the announcement. Just something like "VR: URL is not available to us yet. We'll post an update on X (Twitter) 3 hours (or whatever timeframe) before the show with the link, so stay tuned!" (Hopefully YouTube does offer streamers some idea of when the URL will be available, though it wouldn't really surprise me if they didn't and only promised to notify them or something.) By only saying that the URL will come soon, it sort of invites people to start imagining unfounded worst-case scenarios.
