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I saw a hologram of will.i.am at DLD in Munich alongside Cheryl Cole roughly 3 years ago. I don't see what the fanfare is about? It seems like we have just disc

by geoffw8 15y ago

I saw a hologram of will.i.am at DLD in Munich alongside Cheryl Cole roughly 3 years ago. I don't see what the fanfare is about? It seems like we have just discovered it, but its by no means nothing new.

geoffpado 15y ago
The difference being, will.i.am is still alive an could have recorded his hologram. The Tupac one would have to have been stitched together from old performances/photos, with hefty use of CGI.
- geoffw8 15y ago
  Yeah I see that. My mind literally doesn't know which movie to pick first that has created things that aren't possible, and probably will never be. My point is, I'm just not sure the recording part is the amazing bit, or even the creation if it was to be CGI - its the hologram bit - which isn't new, that everyone seems to be hooking onto. Seeing the impossible is nothing new, making it stand next to a real-life something - thats new.
rollypolly 15y ago
Indeed. Here's a 2009 video presenting the same technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSICZ_7hpho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSICZ_7hpho
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- forza 15y ago
  Richard Branson from 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicaK7NTHQI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicaK7NTHQI Edit: I also remember the pinball game "Revenge from Mars" from 1999. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7Cgzk-y1U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7Cgzk-y1U
philmcc 15y ago
I think it's a combination of a number of factors that make this appearance different from will.i.am. a. As the person above me mentioned, Tupac is dead, but not only that, his death is considered (by some) to be fake, so his "appearance" scratches a very strange itch for some. Had his killer been in the audience, he might've started worrying about having to give a refund. b. There was little to no fanfare surrounding the event, so when he "took the stage" it was shocking. Imagine how different this would've played out if, for months, we'd been hearing about the hologram performance of Tupac at Coachella? All of the press would've been "Not as lifelike as expected." "Overhyped." Etc. c. "Cool Factor" -- Coachella is a fairly large event with tons of influencers/connectors & "cool kids", who all ran home and tweeted/blogged about it after it happened...as it happened. d. 4 Technical Feats for the price of one -- Will.I.Am just taped a performance. The Tupac performance required. -- a company to digitally recreate him -- an body actor to perform -- a company to then map his face onto the actor -- another voice actor to do the greeting. This may be the first time that all of these factors lined up at once. You would've heard similar things if the Cirque Du Soleil Michael Jackson show had surprised everyone on the last song with a similar move.

by geoffw8 15y ago

geoffpado 15y ago

The difference being, will.i.am is still alive an could have recorded his hologram. The Tupac one would have to have been stitched together from old performances/photos, with hefty use of CGI.

geoffw8 15y ago
Yeah I see that. My mind literally doesn't know which movie to pick first that has created things that aren't possible, and probably will never be. My point is, I'm just not sure the recording part is the amazing bit, or even the creation if it was to be CGI - its the hologram bit - which isn't new, that everyone seems to be hooking onto. Seeing the impossible is nothing new, making it stand next to a real-life something - thats new.

rollypolly 15y ago

Indeed. Here's a 2009 video presenting the same technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSICZ_7hpho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSICZ_7hpho

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forza 15y ago
Richard Branson from 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicaK7NTHQI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicaK7NTHQI Edit: I also remember the pinball game "Revenge from Mars" from 1999. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7Cgzk-y1U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7Cgzk-y1U

philmcc 15y ago

I think it's a combination of a number of factors that make this appearance different from will.i.am. a. As the person above me mentioned, Tupac is dead, but not only that, his death is considered (by some) to be fake, so his "appearance" scratches a very strange itch for some. Had his killer been in the audience, he might've started worrying about having to give a refund. b. There was little to no fanfare surrounding the event, so when he "took the stage" it was shocking. Imagine how different this would've played out if, for months, we'd been hearing about the hologram performance of Tupac at Coachella? All of the press would've been "Not as lifelike as expected." "Overhyped." Etc. c. "Cool Factor" -- Coachella is a fairly large event with tons of influencers/connectors & "cool kids", who all ran home and tweeted/blogged about it after it happened...as it happened. d. 4 Technical Feats for the price of one -- Will.I.Am just taped a performance. The Tupac performance required. -- a company to digitally recreate him -- an body actor to perform -- a company to then map his face onto the actor -- another voice actor to do the greeting. This may be the first time that all of these factors lined up at once. You would've heard similar things if the Cirque Du Soleil Michael Jackson show had surprised everyone on the last song with a similar move.