Japanese Pop Star Draws Crowds Despite Being a Hologram

[dietpeachsnapple]

This IS my cup of tea and I will tell you why.

I hate popstars.
I hate pop music.
I find anime proportions to be mildly disturbing when projected as a 3D image (look at the video, you will see what I mean.)

HOWEVER!

-This manifestation will never get drunk and miss a concern.
-Never get a hangover bad enough to make her dancing sloppy.
-Never make a sex video... unless 'her' designers think it is a good idea. And I already know how low anime designers will go, so I won't be surprised.
-Never end up on tabloid covers because of sleazy rendezvous, and even if 'she' DOES, it will because it is a literally contrived occurrence posted on an already contrived news source.
-Never have someone plead on youtube to leave 'her' alone.
-Never get pregnant unless... Noted above.
-We will never seen inflated ticket prices because a diva marched off-stage. (At worst, a programmer or 5 might quit... and what then? Hire 5 more who are starving and begging for the job!)
-You never need to pay 'her.'
-We will never have to watch 'her' give a weepy speech on some stage about how much she thanks god and her family for this... unless, again, the designers are feeling REALLY ironic that day.

 

[VomitPie]

Japan is actually having a population crisis. The young adult males don't get out, they stay home watch anime and play dating sims in lieu of real girls. At this rate Japan will just masturbate itself out of existence.

I know making imaginary real is big business in Japan, but seriously it just boggles my mind.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

Note the extremely skimpy outfits on the supposedly 16 year old Japan confuses me

 

[SextusMaximus]

JAPAN. ANIME HOLOGRAM BATTLES LIVE. NOW!!

 

[TWEWER]

You're on the internet and you haven't heard of Miku? For shame.

 

[Tsaba]

oh shi-
my extremely obscure and relatively old japanese game foresaw it

Well.......
It may be lacking on the JPOP, but, it is a hologram.

 

[drisky]

This some awesome technology. Maybe the Gorillaz could something like this, then I think less people will be complaining about it not being there thing.

 

[Aptspire]

oh shi-
my extremely obscure and relatively old japanese game foresaw it

Well.......
It may be lacking on the JPOP, but, it is a hologram.

yours is in a movie...
mine is in a game

 

[lvl9000_woot]

I read the headline and suddenly I realized: We're in the motherfucking future.

Lol yeah, and now they're developing flying cars for the military.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/11/flying.car/index.html?iref=allsearch

About. Damn. Time



OT: Can I has one? I want to put it in my office and drive my boss crazy.

There will be lolz.

 

[Rutskarn]

This. And how can they go to a concert, its not even talent, its just a machine... I wouldnt go to to see a machine, I may aswell just listen to my ipod.

You ever go see a movie?

Movies and music are two different things. How the fuck you are comparing them I dont know.

You went to a specialized location to take in prerecorded entertainment because it was the ideal way to enjoy that media. Thus, the precedent is established.

The fact that it's music is irrelevant. Going to a concert to watch live musicians perform is no more a pure experience than going to a play to watch actors perform--but while you balk at going to watch a massive dancing hologram sing prerecorded music, you apparently have no problem with watching a moving picture on a screen displaying a prerecorded story.

 

[Rutskarn]

Goddamn double post.

 

[Grayjack]

I'll look back on this day and tell the whippersnappers that dancing holograms were amazing when I was their age.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

Am I the only one more interested in how the hologram tech works than how weird it is that Japan has holographic pop stars?

It's not a "real" hologram in the sci-fi sense. It's a transparent screen sitting in front of the band with the image of the singer projected into it. She's only in a 2D plane, although the depth effect is pretty good on the projection.

I'm also interested in the tech. Where are you getting this information from? This isn't conjecture is it? I've yet to find any information on the holographic tech they're using, yet all the news stories are calling it a hologram.

Not holograms exactly. What they're doing is projecting a 3D image onto a reflective surface. Holograms are just easier to say (and more awesome). I think for that concert in particular they used four different projectors to create that 3D effect.

Also, is anyone watching how her hair moves? It doesn't like, clip through her (it?) body or anything, it actually behaves (somewhat) like real hair. If they can get this tech into games, I'll be happy.

And for the people who didn't take the time to actually do RESEARCH into this, Vocaloids (Hatsune Miku being one) were created so that rising musicians and songwriters had someone to sing vocals. It wasn't created soley to become famous.

 

[Dango]

This has been around for a while. And it just so happens that I have a few of her songs on iTunes...

And also, isn't there a user group on here for her (or at least for vocaloid)?

 

[Tsaba]

oh shi-
my extremely obscure and relatively old japanese game foresaw it

Well.......
It may be lacking on the JPOP, but, it is a hologram.

yours is in a movie...
mine is in a game

"yours" was released in 2002
"mine" was released in 1977
>

 

[Kyuubi Fanatic]

Why? Why are we not using more holograms??? We obviously have the technology!!

Why...? T_T

 

[The Kraken]

Didn't the Gorillaz try this years ago?

 

[mananomas131]

As someone who likes technology, this interests me.

But as a musician? Seems kind of useless. I guess the advantage is that she doesn't need to be paid and she's reliable (but so is a good singer). I can't see this catching on anywhere but Japan though. Not without ENORMOUS technological growth. Maybe people will sing from behind these things someday, or maybe it will let people perform in many places at once, but without a person there... it just rings so hollow. The crowd can't truly interact with it.

It can't enjoy what it's singing, and that profoundly disturbs me. I can't cheer for that.

 

[Red Albatross]

I am greatly saddened by this. The "musicm" to me, is slightly more ear-shattering than scraping grass or J.G. Wentworth commercials, and the fact that it still has legions of fans is...well, there goes my daily dose of faith in humanity. I always wake up optimistic, and something happens to completely ruin it. Today, this is it.

 

[DaJoW]

Didn't like the music but don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like there isn't a lot of technological influence of many singers anyway.