You KNOW that Diddy is gonna do this with biggie and that somehow, Cobain will be given this same treatment as well.

DreZone said:

I'm still thrown off by the accuracy of the human movements, chain swinging, minor variations and that's even before the Tattoos - and this is a TOTAL SYNTHETIC RECREATION... eerie...

wonder who the stunt voice was and if they had to rotoscope movements, who was the stunt double?

I still can't sleep...

'dre

FOR REAL. I feel the same way.

Absolutely incredible. One of the greatest things I've ever seen.

it's not a hologram. Technology hasn't advancd that far yet. Don't believe everything you read...just makes you seem really dumb

NaughtyKitty said:

Wonder if they'll have Michael Jackson "show up" at this event next year. I also wonder if this will start a trend with both dead AND living singers.

So now even celebrities who are alive wont necessarily have to show up for concerts or events—just have their hologram show up and perform for them. People might not be able to tell the difference. I blame Jem & the Holograms for this!

[Edited 4/16/12 8:23am]

Except Jem was a fictional cartoon character.

Now Natalie Cole on the other hand is the first person to use a hologram, that of her own father Nat King Cole.

Paris9748430 said:

The Hologram looked really lifelike, until the performance with Snoop.

This technology is gonna get fuckin' ABUSED!

They're gonna use it to have Chris Brown performing with Marvin Gaye.

Katy Perry performing with Kurt Cobain.

Rihanna performing with Janis Joplin.

It's gonna make those old vacuum commercials with Fred Astaire look dignified by comparison!

And they may use this hologramic technology to bring back Michael Jackson & Jesus Christ.

Just wait.

FunkiestOne said:

it's not a hologram. Technology hasn't advancd that far yet. Don't believe everything you read...just makes you seem really dumb

For some reason I was thinking "maybe that wasn't a hologram".

TonyVanDam said:

Now Natalie Cole on the other hand is the first person to use a hologram, that of her own father Nat King Cole.

That isn't a holographic image of Nat King Cole. The director used cleaned up footage of him.

Timmy84 said:

FunkiestOne said:

it's not a hologram. Technology hasn't advancd that far yet. Don't believe everything you read...just makes you seem really dumb

For some reason I was thinking "maybe that wasn't a hologram".

It's a 3-D computer generated image, i.e., a hologram.

Identity said:

Timmy84 said:

For some reason I was thinking "maybe that wasn't a hologram".

It's a 3-D computer generated image, i.e., a hologram.

I read a real hologram would, if you're not careful, will cut your body apart so...no. They LYING.

I figured Michael would have been the first to have something created like this. Although now, I'm glad Tupac is the start of this phenomenon.

Identity said:

TonyVanDam said:

Now Natalie Cole on the other hand is the first person to use a hologram, that of her own father Nat King Cole.

That isn't a holographic image of Nat King Cole. The director used cleaned up footage of him.

It was still hologram-ish!

maybe the Jacksons can do this on their upcoming tour,to "resurrect" Michael?

SoulAlive said:

maybe the Jacksons can do this on their upcoming tour,to "resurrect" Michael?

OH NOOOOOOO!!!! Them fools just might do that to sell more tickets.

missfee said:

SoulAlive said:

maybe the Jacksons can do this on their upcoming tour,to "resurrect" Michael?

OH NOOOOOOO!!!! Them fools just might do that to sell more tickets.

i bet they're already thinking about it now

Virtual Tupac May Go on Tour

April17, 2012

The biggest buzz at Sunday's Coachella music festival in California wasn't for a hot new DJ or indie-rock band. It was for Tupac Shakur, the rapper who died more than 15 years ago and "performed" Sunday night alongside Snoop Dogg and producer Dr. Dre.

Internet video of the Sunday evening show became an instant sensation on Monday morning. That response is helping push the possibility of a virtual Tupac tour in coming months.

The rapper's ghostly image was created by Digital Domain Media, the visual-effects house responsible for making the virtual versions of Brad Pitt that populated 2008's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The movie won the Oscar for visual effects.

Representatives for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg plan to discuss logistics for a tour involving the two performers and the virtual Tupac, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

One option would be a tour in stadiums, involving other hip-hop stars, including Eminem, 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa. Alternately, they could stage a more limited tour, featuring only Dre, Snoop Dogg and the virtual Tupac, in smaller arenas.

"To create a completely synthetic human being is the most complicated thing that can be done," Digital Domain's chief creative officer, Ed Ulbrich, said in a phone interview Monday.

He said that the performances of the rapper's hits "Hail Mary" and "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" weren't simply old ones captured on film and repurposed: "This is not found footage. This is not archival footage. This is an illusion."

"This is just the beginning," Mr. Ulbrich said. "Dre has a massive vision for this."

Timmy84 said:

FunkiestOne said:

it's not a hologram. Technology hasn't advancd that far yet. Don't believe everything you read...just makes you seem really dumb

For some reason I was thinking "maybe that wasn't a hologram".

Now they're calling it a 2-D image, which technically isn't a hologram.

aardvark15 said:

G3000 said:

re:This technology is gonna get fuckin' ABUSED!

I hope you're wrong...but I know you're 1000% correct. Even though some of them could be cool.

The grammy's have their next show. They called and emergency meeting after they saw this clip!

how much you wanna bet there will be a either a Whitney or Michael tribute next year

I wouldnt be surprised if they had them both up there, singing a duet

^

That would be a ghastly performance to behold!

I would like to see MJ!!

but after that they can put the hologram thing to rest..

[Edited 4/17/12 9:31am]

Identity said:

Timmy84 said:

For some reason I was thinking "maybe that wasn't a hologram".

Now they're calling it a 2-D image, which technically isn't a hologram.

See?

Okay, Timmy. I concede that you were right about something...this time.

Identity said:

Okay, Timmy. I concede that you were right about something...this time.

And now... someone tweeting as Tupac's Hologram. https://twitter.com/#!/HologramTupac

Maybe really disrespectful... but also really funny.

A small sample:

Hologram Tupac ‏ @HologramTupac

So Puffy is Diddy now? Why this nigga always give himself names that sound like venereal disease symptoms?

Tokyo89 said:

I would like to see MJ!!

but after that they can put the hologram thing to rest..

[Edited 4/17/12 9:31am]

CUE Jermaine & Joseph hold a press conference concerning the Michael hologram touring with The Jacksons (minus Randy of course)!

NaughtyKitty said:

Wonder if they'll have Michael Jackson "show up" at this event next year. I also wonder if this will start a trend with both dead AND living singers.

So now even celebrities who are alive wont necessarily have to show up for concerts or events—just have their hologram show up and perform for them. People might not be able to tell the difference. I blame Jem & the Holograms for this!

[Edited 4/16/12 8:23am]

I'm sure they would do something like this with MJ to make up for the O2 shows that never happened.

I've said this since the late 90s

in a not so distant future, we will have World "Tours" of holograms of great deceased musicians/bands (Beatles, 2Pac, Cobain, Queen, MJ, etc)

and new films featuring CGI/holograms of Bogart, Hepburn, Gable, Brando, Dean, Monroe...

can't say I like the idea

Pfff. CNN Was doing this years ago.

[Edited 4/17/12 12:06pm]

shiloh66 said:

And now... someone tweeting as Tupac's Hologram. https://twitter.com/#!/HologramTupac

Maybe really disrespectful... but also really funny.

A small sample:

Hologram Tupac ‏ @HologramTupac

So Puffy is Diddy now? Why this nigga always give himself names that sound like venereal disease symptoms?

Here's another:

I'm about as transparent as that fucking Wiz Khalifa's corny ass lyrics.

and another:

Oh shit I was wrong! Whassup @barackobama? #GuessWeReady