Can’t make it to Coachella this weekend? No problem. Now you can attend through your computer.
On Thursday (April 13), the festival announced “Coachella Island,” a partnership with Fortnite that presents the festival in the metaverse. Launching Friday (April 14) at 3 p.m. PT to coincide with the first day of the IRL fest, Coachella Island is inspired by Coachella’s dreamy desert landscape, with digitally rendered mountains, polo fields, palm trees and day-to-night features.
Inside this landscape, “attendees” can take part in dance competitions, tour the “grounds,” purchase in-game “merch” and…