Britney to Offer All-Angle Concert DVD

May 18, 2001 -- Didn't like your seat at a Britney Spears concert? The pop singer will allow fans, virtually, at least, to see a show from every seat in the house — and even from backstage.

High-tech company Enroute announced yesterday that it's working on Experience Britney, an interactive DVD that uses so-called immersive technology to allow users to control where and what to watch on a wrap-around landscape. It will also allow fans to go backstage and will include games.

Immersive technology, in the case of Spears, would involve her being recorded at a concert from all angles on a 360-degree plain. Using controls, the viewer could go behind Spears to watch the audience reaction, or watch the singer from the side.

Similar technology has been used on Internet applications, but never before on DVD. Enroute says the DVD footage will be television-quality.

Spears, 19, who is currently shooting her first movie, said in a statement she was "really excited to be the first artist to use Enroute's FirstPerson technology. It's a great new way of watching a concert."

The interactive DVD is expected to hit stores by the end of the year.

Reuters contributed to this report.