March 11, 2025
UPDATE
Apple unveils immersive live performance expertise with Metallica for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional
Newest Apple Immersive Video launches March 14, that includes iconic songs from one of many world’s greatest bands, and prospects can take pleasure in a preview at Apple Retailer places
A brand new Apple Immersive live performance expertise, Metallica, is coming to Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional this Friday, March 14. Filmed in Mexico Metropolis throughout the sold-out second-year finale of the band’s M72 World Tour, Metallica options full performances of three longtime staples from the band’s stadium-filling reside reveals — “Whiplash,” “One,” and “Enter Sandman” — and was captured completely in Apple Immersive Video. This exceptional storytelling format is barely attainable on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, with ultra-high-resolution 180-degree video and Spatial Audio to provide viewers unprecedented entry to James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo — from vantage factors as shut up because the famed Snake Pit, to wide-angle views of the band’s energetic efficiency within the spherical.
Prospects can ebook an Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional demo at their native Apple Retailer to expertise the magic of spatial computing, and luxuriate in an prolonged preview of Metallica starting this Friday. Customers may benefit from the band’s efficiency with a brand new EP, M72 World Tour: Mexico Metropolis, out there in Spatial Audio on Apple Music this Friday.
“Recreation altering is placing it calmly,” mentioned Lars Ulrich of Metallica. “Seeing our live performance like that, together with the power of the Mexico Metropolis followers — it’s very immersive, and it’s tremendous enjoyable. We’ve at all times been excited about pushing the boundaries, and Metallica on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is precisely that.”
“Apple Immersive Video transforms the best way individuals expertise storytelling, and we’re thrilled to collaborate with Metallica on a live performance in contrast to any earlier than it,” mentioned Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice chairman of Advertising Communications. “With Metallica on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, you’re feeling such as you’re proper there: entrance row, backstage, and even on stage with one of many greatest bands of all time.”
To seize the band’s full efficiency from a number of views, and the power of over 65,000 passionate Metallica followers, Apple constructed a customized stage structure that includes 14 Apple Immersive Video cameras utilizing a mixture of stabilized cameras, cable-suspended cameras, and remote-controlled digital camera dolly techniques that moved across the stage.
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in regards to the Apple Immersive live performance expertise, the band’s enduring dedication to their followers, and the following leg of the band’s M72 World Tour at SXSW 2025 this afternoon. “I’ve been a music fan my complete life, and I’ve by no means skilled something like this,” mentioned Lowe. “It’s not simply the perfect seat in the home — it’s such as you’re in the one seat on stage.” Their full dialog will probably be out there on the SXSW YouTube channel.
Extra Episodes and Movies Accessible in Apple Immersive Video
Customers can take pleasure in extra Apple Immersive Video solely on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, together with new episodes of the Journey and Boundless collection. Within the fourth episode of Journey, “Deep Water Solo,” viewers observe world-class climber Kai Lightner as he scales the craggy seaside cliffs of Mallorca, Spain, and makes a dangerous free-solo ascent on Cova del Diablo. Within the second episode of Boundless, “Arctic Browsing,” viewers can paddle into the icy waters of Norway as a bunch of intrepid surfers pursue the frenzy of its wintry waves.
VIP: Yankee Stadium is a brand new Apple Immersive sports activities movie that offers viewers an all-access move to one of many world’s most iconic baseball venues. Broadcasting legend Joe Buck takes viewers again to a “Friday Night time Baseball” matchup between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, with an all-encompassing have a look at how elite athletes, die-hard followers, devoted workers, and epic moments make the Bronx ballpark legendary. VIP: Yankee Stadium will probably be out there without cost worldwide on Friday, April 4 — one week after the return of “Friday Night time Baseball” on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 28.
A particular version of Bono: Tales of Give up will debut globally on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional in Apple Immersive Video alongside its launch on Apple TV+ on Friday, Might 30. Bono: Tales of Give up (Immersive) locations viewers onstage with Bono, and fully immerses them in his story, as he pulls again the curtain on his exceptional life and the household, associates, and religion which have challenged and sustained him. It’s the primary feature-length movie out there in Apple Immersive Video and the most recent instance of Bono’s dedication to innovation.
Pricing and Availability
- Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is on the market in Australia, Canada, China mainland, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S.
- Prospects can ebook a demo without cost on-line. Demos are hosted in any respect Apple Retailer places the place Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is on the market.
- New Apple Immersive movies and episodes debut in U.S. English with subtitles in extra languages. Title availability varies by nation or area. Customers in China mainland can entry choose Apple Immersive titles from the Migu Video and Tencent Video apps, which can be found to obtain without cost on the App Retailer.
- Apple TV+ is on the market for $9.99 (U.S.) monthly with a seven-day free trial for brand spanking new subscribers. For a restricted time, eligible prospects who buy and activate a brand new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Mac can take pleasure in three months of Apple TV+ without cost.
Press Contacts
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Apple
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Apple
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