This experience breaks basically everything about the mobile browsing experience. You cannot use the standard share behaviors, no reading view, you can’t use favorites. Sometimes normal behaviors like select and copy even have issues. And probably the biggest annoyance is that when you click a link that would normally open in an app (i.e. TripAdvisor) you stay in the browser and see the web view. When you click the button to “Open in App” you are taken to the App Store.

I’m sure this isn’t anything that app developers are going to change. Developers want you to stay in their app or in their suite of apps. Facebook and Google are probably the worst offenders of this. They are driven primarily by advertising and they have much more control if you stay in their apps.

The only real way to fix this is for Apple to enforce this via policy. I hope they do because this experience is really killing the user experience of iOS.

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I was listening to the latest podcast in the Trailblazers series by Walter Isaacson which is about music disruption. There was a line toward the end by Ani Difranco where she is talking about how Spotify and YouTube and other technology have changed the music business. She says that no matter the medium of distribution of audio, the concert will always be a place where artists can make money.

“… get out there and play live. Nobody can really simulate a live show. And if you can really melt people’s faces live on stage you will always have that job.”

This got me thinking about the whole concert experience. I love music concerts — from the sound to the lights and at the bigger shows the huge stage experience and effects. But there are some things about concerts that aren’t great. They are expensive. They are only in certain cities on certain days. Getting to those events is often a real challenge — especially if you have kids and other life demands.

So what if we really could bring the concert experience to your home? I think in the next few years VR will make this happen. We have a ways to go for sure, but this is something that artists should to start thinking about.

Consider what a VR concert would be like. First, everyone gets the best seat in the house. No more partially obstructed views. If you want to be front and center, just walk over there. Heck, you want to be on the stage? Go for it! Additionally, the limits of the real world don’t apply. Bands will be able to create visual experiences unlike ever before with a combination of real life performances and CGI. Or if you prefer a more intimate setting why not just have your favorite band play in your living room.

The other thing I think will be really neat is repurposing and remastering concerts from the past so a whole new generation can experience them. I would love to see a Pink Floyd concert in VR.

As I mentioned we are a ways off before we can really simulate the experience. Most people don’t have $100,000 in audio equipment in their house to recreate concert level audio and of course VR is still in its infancy. But hopefully one day soon we will be able to experience any concert from any time in the comfort of our own home.

VR and Live Concerts was originally published in Technology and Stuff on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.