K/DA band (left to right): Akali, Ahri, Kai'Sa, and EvelynnK.
K/DA band (left to right): Akali, Ahri, Kai'Sa, and EvelynnK.
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Riot Games uses AR imagery to kick off League of Legends 2018 World Finals

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Riot Games is bringing augmented reality to its big League of Legends 2018 World Finals Opening Ceremony to entertain fans in a big stadium.

In the AR demo, the in-game band K/DA will deliver a debut performance onstage (yep, they’re real!) of their pop song POP/STARS through the use of augmented reality technology, alongside folks such as Madison Beer, Miyeon and Soyeon of (G)I-DLE, and Jaira Burns.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.