Japanese Pop Star Draws Crowds Despite Being a Hologram

[TsunamiWombat]

That is technologically, damn impressive. What are they projecting her onto?

PS: NM, friend explained it to me. It's done "Gorillaz style", wherein they project the image onto sheets of glass backed by the infinity backround so you can't see them. it creates the illusion of a three dimensional hologram if you have a high definition projector, it's an old haunted house trick he says.

 

[Hexenwolf]

WHEN DID WE INVENT HOLOGRAMS?!!?!

We live in the future. Seeing this really made it hit me. We actually live in the future.

Ah but unless I've missed something really huge, they're not hard-light holograms so you can still walk through them.

Ah, I would've been just as impressed by a real (not hard) hologram. See, I did some digging, and it turns out that it's actually projected light onto a glass pane. So it's still actually a 2d image, just with a (practically) invisible screen, and very good depth effects. Still quite impressive compared to standard monitors, but nowhere near as mindblowing as I first thought. The musical technology is still quite amazing though.

 

[omicron1]

...And I shall call her, Ennesby.

(Cookies for reference!)

 

[mr_rubino]

Japan doesn't surprise me anymore, one silly or pornographic thing to another.

With people like "Lady Gaga" being regarded as artists and with the majority of big female music artists these days (and I mean the more MAINSTREAM ones, sorry indie stars) wearing "stripperiffic" outfits in concert and in music videos... I think I can safely say we aren't as "Normal" as we may like to think...

Lady Gaga is the result of a culture drowning in its own postmodernism. (Also: There are pictures that compare her convincingly to Power Rangers villains.)
Japan is completely sincere when they do this stuff.

 

[delanofilms]

Japan doesn't surprise me anymore, one silly or pornographic thing to another.

With people like "Lady Gaga" being regarded as artists and with the majority of big female music artists these days (and I mean the more MAINSTREAM ones, sorry indie stars) wearing "stripperiffic" outfits in concert and in music videos... I think I can safely say we aren't as "Normal" as we may like to think...

Lady Gaga is the result of a culture drowning in its own postmodernism. (Also: There are pictures that compare her convincingly to Power Rangers villains.)
Japan is completely sincere when they do this stuff.

I hate to be the derp in the audience, but could you elaborate a bit? I'm 17, so there's still a lot that goes over my head unfortunately, but I continually try to educate myself outside of my classes.

 

[katsumoto03]

The fact that we can do this is awesome, but the singing makes me want to drive rusty nails into my eyes.

 

[Romidude]

Japan doesn't surprise me anymore, one silly or pornographic thing to another.

With people like "Lady Gaga" being regarded as artists and with the majority of big female music artists these days (and I mean the more MAINSTREAM ones, sorry indie stars) wearing "stripperiffic" outfits in concert and in music videos... I think I can safely say we aren't as "Normal" as we may like to think...

Japanese love pillows, this, videogames about spanking underaged girls in Hell, video games about shooting school girls clothes off, Ultimate Muscle Roller Legend. You can't get much weirder than Japan.

 

[captaincabbage]

Alright! So, now we've got holograms down, lets get on with Teleporters and Matter Materializers!

 

[mr_rubino]

Japan doesn't surprise me anymore, one silly or pornographic thing to another.

With people like "Lady Gaga" being regarded as artists and with the majority of big female music artists these days (and I mean the more MAINSTREAM ones, sorry indie stars) wearing "stripperiffic" outfits in concert and in music videos... I think I can safely say we aren't as "Normal" as we may like to think...

Lady Gaga is the result of a culture drowning in its own postmodernism. (Also: There are pictures that compare her convincingly to Power Rangers villains.)
Japan is completely sincere when they do this stuff.

I hate to be the derp in the audience, but could you elaborate a bit? I'm 17, so there's still a lot that goes over my head unfortunately, but I continually try to educate myself outside of my classes.

Lady Gaga is a weird performance artist who takes every trope associated with being a pop star, regarding perpetually larger and more ridiculous costumes, music video content, and the substance (such that it can be called) of her lyrics (all of which are more important that talent ever was), then running with them to the extreme. She's an over-the-top parody of a pop star only consistently topped by her next video or show, and she's not the first. Madonna and Bowie spring readily to mind.
I've heard more artysnobby types than me compare her to Klaus Nomi, though I must admit I don't know much about him. He's perhaps too postmodern for even me *adjusts monocle, beret, and cappuccino*. The lead sentence in his wikipedia article mentions "bizarrely visionary theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline", along with classical music played on synthesizer and covers of Chubby Checker songs; that's probably the best introduction I could give.

Hatsune Miku, on the other hand, is just the very logical end of what Japan has been into for the longest time. And I don't think her creators were making any kind of statement with her either; it was just "Beholden to our every whim, like all our talent, except we don't have to pay her. That and we don't have to ever fire her because she'll never reach 25."

 

[delanofilms]

Japan doesn't surprise me anymore, one silly or pornographic thing to another.

With people like "Lady Gaga" being regarded as artists and with the majority of big female music artists these days (and I mean the more MAINSTREAM ones, sorry indie stars) wearing "stripperiffic" outfits in concert and in music videos... I think I can safely say we aren't as "Normal" as we may like to think...

Lady Gaga is the result of a culture drowning in its own postmodernism. (Also: There are pictures that compare her convincingly to Power Rangers villains.)
Japan is completely sincere when they do this stuff.

I hate to be the derp in the audience, but could you elaborate a bit? I'm 17, so there's still a lot that goes over my head unfortunately, but I continually try to educate myself outside of my classes.

Lady Gaga is a weird performance artist who takes every trope associated with being a pop star, regarding perpetually larger and more ridiculous costumes, music video content, and the substance (such that it can be called) of her lyrics (all of which are more important that talent ever was), then running with them to the extreme. She's an over-the-top parody of a pop star only consistently topped by her next video or show, and she's not the first. Madonna and Bowie spring readily to mind.
I've heard more artysnobby types than me compare her to Klaus Nomi, though I must admit I don't know much about him. He's perhaps too postmodern for even me *adjusts monocle, beret, and cappuccino*. The lead sentence in his wikipedia article mentions "bizarrely visionary theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline", along with classical music played on synthesizer and covers of Chubby Checker songs; that's probably the best introduction I could give.

Hatsune Miku, on the other hand, is just the very logical end of what Japan has been into for the longest time. And I don't think her creators were making any kind of statement with her; it was just "Beholden to our every whim, like all our talent, except we don't have to pay her. That and we don't have to ever fire her because she'll never reach 25."

So essentially the gist of what you are saying is that the aforementioned American pop stars were basically doing what they were doing for the sake of irony in the field they were doing it in, regardless of talent, while the Japanese are doing this simply to make music however they can and feel like? Because I really fail to see any application or even presence of talent aside possibly from the standpoint of a composer in Hatsune Miku.

 

[Ultra_Caboose]

Somehow, I'm seeing a possible Macross tie-in.

Agreed. First thing I thought about while watching this was Macross Plus.
Let's hope this hologram doesn't decide to kill us all...

 

[BlackWidower]

Honestly, I only like the first song there. Anyway, here's my issue: She's 16? Okay she's not real, but it feels off, what with her wearing criminally short skirts. Oh well, to each their own.

Another thing, how tall is that hologram? It looks like twice the height of an average person, which would make the stage pretty damn small.

 

[BlackWidower]

Alright! So, now we've got holograms down, lets get on with Teleporters and Matter Materializers!

Relax, I'm pretty sure it's not a real hologram. It looks like a 2D image projected on a semi-transparent screen.

 

[Endocrom]

So I guess the uncanny valley works on voice too.

 

[captaincabbage]

Alright! So, now we've got holograms down, lets get on with Teleporters and Matter Materializers!

Relax, I'm pretty sure it's not a real hologram. It looks like a 2D image projected on a semi-transparent screen.

SSSSHHHHH!!!! Shut up! You're ruining my fantasies!!

 

[Pumpkin_Eater]

With people like "Lady Gaga" being regarded as artists and with the majority of big female music artists these days (and I mean the more MAINSTREAM ones, sorry indie stars) wearing "stripperiffic" outfits in concert and in music videos... I think I can safely say we aren't as "Normal" as we may like to think...

Lady Gaga is the best pop star that the US has produced in years.

The second song should be called "Teabagging Rain"....

It's originally from a juice commercial, just FYI.