Holographic Music Performers In The Future of Live Music
Holographic Music Performers In The Future of Live Music
In anticipation for CES and NAMM coming up, I figured this futuristic technology was a perfect thing to show.
The 2014 billboard awards acted as the turning point to prove that holographic music performers are influential and just as good as real-life musicians. Michael Jackson’s holographic moonwalk performance was applauded by many, and it was realistic enough to peak people’s interest. However, he was not the first musician to use this technology. Several artists in the past have relied on this technology to come back to life such as Tupac’s performances in 2012 during the Coachella resurrecting festival.
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Michael Jackson
Before detailing the advantages and attributes of holographic music, I would like readers to check some live music events, and maybe view some 3D versions which can be quite interesting.
Or Snoop Dogg with Tupac at Coachella
Analysis
Michael Jackson passed away leaving such an enormous legacy. Resurrection may be a theme here with hologram performances. As with Snoop Dogg and Tupac it has been causing a lot of controversy for a long time. People can get offended that a hologram feels like a cartoon or that it resurrects people against their will in the form of this technology. As performers pass away, and people will want to see more performances, this technology could allow this to happen. There’s a lot of money in this bringing celebs back to life type of game. People that are our future generations could see a hologram performance of past artists who are famous. I do think that in the next decade or two we might even start seeing celebrities that aren’t in human form. CG and AI are very powerful. In the future we might find massive obsessions with artists or actors who aren’t human but are human like. This is an idea I’ll talk about in a future post.
People want to see these holograms outside of the tv and photos, in flesh and blood. Robots and Holograms… here we come! Imagine in 30 years you will be watching a digital performer and not realize for a moment that it isn’t a real human being.
Use in Previous Performances
Other musicians who have relied on holograms for live performances include Janelle and Monae. The multiple holograms of Beyoncé have also been popular, and many people have commented that these holograms are just as accurately similar as the real artists
I believe the holograms can act as a new avenue for musicians to grow their popularity, revenues, and reach more fans. Besides this attraction, it means that fans can get to hear their favorite songs in the presence of the musician, or a realist resemblance to them.
Most people always want experience the adrenaline rush when seeing their favorite performance on stage. This is often supported by a booming music system, combination of laser lights and smoke, with the heat of other concert goers close to you as you dance to your favorite tunes. However, if the artist passes away, it is often hard for die-hard fans to enjoy the song in a live performance setting again.
Reanimated Legends
Elvis was also transformed into life when he was part of a "collaboration" with Celine Dion. His presence was felt by many fans. The hologram was clear and lifelike, and anyone could see his movements, skin and even sweat as the performance continued.
Tupac’s appearance at the 2012 Coachella festival alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog blew many minds.
Despite the popularity, some ethical questions have arisen such as the act of featuring musicians after they have died. These contents tend to entail happiness and even profits for organizers. Fans could feel that they are unfairly charged for watching an artist as a hologram. Additionally, some fans have been uneasy once they saw such an artist. They think that holograms lack emotion, and cannot take part in conversations after the performance. Due to the lifelike appearance, it can quickly lead to gloomy feelings and uneasiness. However, more people appreciated the rendering effects that really made the holographic projections realistic. Tupac’s performance signaled the start for increasing use of holographic projections, especially in music
Technological Developments
Over the years, new technologies have come up to support hologram projections on smart hopes and other devices. This makes it easier to easily watch holograms, and it could lead to q wide adoption of holographic music. Most mobile users would love to see a hologram of their favorite performances, and they would easily be attracted to such an advancement.
The holographic music means that concerts will change dramatically. More artists are going on tour via holograms, and death is no longer regarded as the end of one’s “career”. Death has emerged as a growing industry, and soon famous artists such as Rihanna and Ariana Grande will have to share a stage with legends from the past.
Background
Holographs first appeared in 1858 when an English engineer named Henry Dircks noticed that projecting an image of a glass sheet while angled at 45 degrees would create a ghostly effect that he named the Dircksian Phantasmagoria. In 1862, a scientist used to concept to create a hologram for Charles Dickens’ The Haunted Man which became popular worldwide. Holograms were first used in music during the 2006 Grammy Awards where Madonna performed with the animated band Gorillaz.
Adoption
There have been some failures along the way. Several developments that have been announced such as the American Idol creator’s idea to resurrect pop idols have grown into fruition yet. P-Diddy also revealed that he was working on a Notorious B.I.G hologram even though nothing has come out of it. Japan has already embraced and widely adopted the technology for performances.
Miku the Pop Legend
An example is Hatsune Miku who has performed in many sold-out concerts around the world. She has developed ten years ago and relies on two separate pieces of software for animation and audio. Even though she was initially created for professional musicians, she has emerged as a favorite pop lead singer and has sung music that was crowdsourced. She has also collaborated with other musicians like Lady Gaga and Pharell Williams and has featured in commercials for several companies. George Kafka suggests that
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I am fascinated by what the technology can achieve, but I never saw a live holo event. my guess is that following years of development and evolution, this tech will eventually make us unable to distinguish between real and holograms.
@energox, It will get better and better that even people like myself who are skeptical would think it's cool. Part of it is getting good enough actors and animators to make it look good enough.
Michael Jackson was an individual that could not sit or stand still when the music began to play, his body would move on its own accord even improvising on the spot in order to give the best performance, pouring his heart out. In a way he truly was a slave to the rhythm yet at the same time became the rhythm and ultimately was the rhythm. This hologram misses his unique stage presence. Hmm, though my respect goes to the impersonator for trying.
@usmanzeb, Very true, I actually just commented on @energox's comment here who mentioned that the tech would get better. But half of it is the performance and how the animator/impersonation is done.
The problem with holograms is that they only look real on videos, once you see it in real life, it's completely different. I has something to do with the fact that a video is essentially a "single eye", as opposed to using both eyes to look at the projection, your brain understands it differently :)
Cool tech nevertheless. Shall you be interested check out my CES post: https://steemit.com/teammalaysia/@crypto3d/ces-2018-hello-htc-vive-pro-good-bye-tpcast
Yes, I 100% agree that's true. The difference is, you have to wear a headset with the vr stuff. Have you seen magic leap or oculus rift? @design-guy did a great post on magic leap here.. Magic leap does seem to be looking into the future with their technology. I think that the Augmented reality is the future.
It's a very hard to believe thing that science could unleash the unimaginable.
@k-stone, That's what science is for. See commercial flights to space this year. :)
He was transparent, the way holograms in films are transparent.Three dimensional, definitely really there and fucking...transparent."
Yes, he was transparent. Holograms are transparent. @onaghise, the in-person show would be much differen than recorded. The youtube videos and photos can be edited and color corrected!