Tupac Shakur lives again! He was performing along side Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg at Coachella 2012. How did they do it? Hologram? Nope. They projected Tupac onto a piece of glass. This was not created using old footage from his shows before he died in 1996; this was all computer generated. Everything from his physical figure, attire, voice, and movements. I highly recommend viewing the links below because it is truly a sight to see!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304818404577348243109842490.html
Link to WSJ article discussing the performance and business behind the show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQgrce1VflI
Link to footage from the show of Tupac
I wonder who will be the next big performer that this technology can "rise from the dead". Michael Jackson? Biggy? Maybe never a movie star? How that this has been done with a star as large as Tupac Shakur, do you see this technology making a larger presence in the future?
I also read about this and part of me thinks it is great and the other part thinks it is a little creepy. I think this shows the progress that we have made with technology and the amazing way that we can generate people that are dead by using computers. However, whats going to be next? In the future are we going to be bombarded with projections of people? I could see some people using it instead of physically having to go somewhere, but that just takes away from human interactions which are essential to human life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Taylor on this one! I think it's really incredible that we are now able to do this with technology, but also really creepy that people can be simulated in 3D to appear that they are there that they're really not.
ReplyDeleteThis is the 3D video we've all been waiting for. I think we'll just have 3D projections in the future rather than physical TVs that take up space; and it would also allow people to give speeches without having to pay the expense of travel. I am really uncomfortable with the future I see in this techonology (and I'm sure it will come to pass soon), because it further separates people with simulated relationships and deepens the digital world which we are already so far engulfed in.
Wow that is really amazing! To be able to have the technology to do this is really a testament to what technology is capable of. On the other hand, I do agree with what has been said in previous comments, mainly because it seems unnatural. They have done this at the Grammy's multiple times where a current star will sing with someone who is deceased. Needless to say, it leaves an eerie feeling!
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