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www.gizmag.com: Following in the virtual footsteps of Tupac Shakur, at the SXSW festival last weekend Japanese musical icon Yoshiki used a hologram not just in an attempt to add a little flair to his performance, but to indulge those fans who can't quite get enough of him.
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Becki LIu
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I'm actually surprised it's taken Japan to do something like this. I don't know, maybe they already have and this is just a big deal because it was at a convention and is coming to the USA. But yeah, Japan has a lot of those J-Pop bands and just their style is very "we will use holograms for everything". (Not criticizing, cause I used to and still kind of do listen to some J-pop) Anyway, this is still really cool and I wonder where holograms and concerts are going to be in the near future. There was a concert with the Gorrilaz and they used holograms of the different cartoon characters (usually they just have a movie playing on a screen and then you see the main guy on the side of the stage DJ-ing. But that concert was EPIC! The characters came out on stage and just started playing, it was crazy! (Wish I could have gone!)
I was not a big fan of the actual music being performed, though it was certainly interesting to watch. I loved the concept of playing a duet with yourself, I've always wanted to be able to do that. The battle aspects was not as appealing, but I did enjoy the back and forth between "two" of the same person. I'd like to see this brought into theatre a bit more. I enjoy live actors, but interaction with oneself would be interesting to portray on stage.
Media design is one of the fastest growing fields in the theatrical spectrum, due to the myriad of insane effects you can pull of with just a simple projector. Japan, being a country with a penchant for the flashy and the wacky, would clearly embrace this new trend with open arms. Yoshiki, a Japanese rockstar, even beat Tupac to hologram form, first experimenting with the technology in 2011. The hologram doesn't particularly fool anyone, but the crowd gets pumped up regardless. The possible theatrical ramifications of such an effect include having a holographic ensemble filling a stage's background, cutting down on human error as well as the price of paying for an actual actor.
3 comments:
I'm actually surprised it's taken Japan to do something like this. I don't know, maybe they already have and this is just a big deal because it was at a convention and is coming to the USA. But yeah, Japan has a lot of those J-Pop bands and just their style is very "we will use holograms for everything". (Not criticizing, cause I used to and still kind of do listen to some J-pop) Anyway, this is still really cool and I wonder where holograms and concerts are going to be in the near future. There was a concert with the Gorrilaz and they used holograms of the different cartoon characters (usually they just have a movie playing on a screen and then you see the main guy on the side of the stage DJ-ing. But that concert was EPIC! The characters came out on stage and just started playing, it was crazy! (Wish I could have gone!)
I was not a big fan of the actual music being performed, though it was certainly interesting to watch. I loved the concept of playing a duet with yourself, I've always wanted to be able to do that. The battle aspects was not as appealing, but I did enjoy the back and forth between "two" of the same person. I'd like to see this brought into theatre a bit more. I enjoy live actors, but interaction with oneself would be interesting to portray on stage.
Media design is one of the fastest growing fields in the theatrical spectrum, due to the myriad of insane effects you can pull of with just a simple projector. Japan, being a country with a penchant for the flashy and the wacky, would clearly embrace this new trend with open arms. Yoshiki, a Japanese rockstar, even beat Tupac to hologram form, first experimenting with the technology in 2011. The hologram doesn't particularly fool anyone, but the crowd gets pumped up regardless. The possible theatrical ramifications of such an effect include having a holographic ensemble filling a stage's background, cutting down on human error as well as the price of paying for an actual actor.
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