I’ve been a fan of legendary DJ Qbert for as long as I remember. He was the first legendary DJ that I remember admiring, and I bought several of his scratch records like Super Seal Breaks, Hee-Haw Breaks, etc. and still have them. He is a member of Rocky Steady Crew, founder of Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Thud Rumble, and Turntable TV, several times World DMC champion and awarded America’s Best DJ in 2010. DJ Qbert - Wikipedia. In 2001 I watched his movie, “Wave Twisters” and was blown away by the concept, artwork, and animation synched exactly to scratched music, it is amazing.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I created “PlayaVR” as a Virtual Reality Art Exhibit as an officially recognized world in the Burning Man Multiverse. I invited my friends, 3d artists, traditional artists, musicians and DJs to collaborate with me in TheJediz Art Camp, our collaborative artistic expression that we create as a free art exhibit each year, that will always be available and downloadable. Fortunately, my friend and brilliant electro producer from Miami, DJ Wreck, aka Salim Rafiq, was finishing the album with DJ Qbert and they included several tracks and unreleased tracks for PlayaVR. A few months later I met and spoke with DJ Qbert after a DMC event, about technology and music, and we immediately started collaborating. I’ve always wanted to collaborate with DJ Qbert, and the pandemic, and DJ Wreck, helped make that happen.

In 2021, we created a 3d AI version of DJ Qbert in Unreal Engine with the help of Miguelangelo Rosario and integrated it into PlayaVR2021. Later in 2022, I created a 3d music video for DJ Qbert’s “Spacewhip” song, and updated PlayaVR, so that we in essence had one of the world’s first Immersive, Interactive Music Videos as a freely downloadable app. It’s immensely more entertaining than just watching a music video, you can play any part of the music video below while listening to the soundtrack, which makes the materials and objects react to the audio. Try it out here: PlayaVR — Mn8XR