Tupac Returns as a Creepy Rapping Hologram at Coachella. Coachella attendees received an unexpected shout out from the late rapper Tupac Shakur Sunday night during a performance with Snoop Dogg and Dr.
Dre. The rapper appeared on stage as a very realistic, 3D-animated holograph for two songs. "What up, Coachella? " Shakur shouted to fans, then proceeded to perform alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop. Although several albums have been released after Tupac's death in 1996, including a biographical documentary that came out in 2003, this is a first for his live performances. This type of technology has been used previously — the late Elvis Presley did a duet as a hologram with Celine Dion on American Idol — but advanced attempts could very well bring other famous acts back to life. Tupac At Coachella: Rapper Comes Alive Via Hologram To Join Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg On Stage. Tupac came to "life" at Coachella.
Well, that was uncomfortable. Despite supposedly having been dead for over 15 years, Tupac Shakur joined Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on the main stage at Coachella late Sunday night. An all-too-realistic hologram of the late rapper rolled through "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted" and other hits in the California desert. Even more unnervingly, he started his mini-set by shouting out "Coachella" by name.
UPDATE: He Has a Twitter Account: So many digital haters. Index. Tupac's Coachella 'performance' is equal parts amazing, tacky, and macabre. As expected, last night a hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur wowed crowds at Coachella, and now a video of the spectacle has surfaced on YouTube.
It's a tall order, reanimating corpses, but the performance of Tupac's "Hail Mary" was incredibly lifelike. So how was it done? The performance reportedly used the same technology that enabled Mariah Carey to perform a concert in five cities simultaneously. Executing the Carey illusion relied on both modern day techniques and an old magician's trick dating back to the 19th Century. First, a video was composed by SFX company MPC using a mixture of live footage, wire-framing, and CGI. Impressive though it may be, it's not quite perfect.
Tupac Coachella Went Viral!!! Tupac Lives - Youtube viewers & many others worldwide just recently caught wind of a cool Coachellaconcert on April 16th.
This awesome current event recently featured the late Tupac Shakur in rear form performance (Is this forreal?). What was amazing about this show, it was a holographic display of sorts actually, with Rapper Snoop Dogg as his side kick, and the virtual Hologram of Tupac's full image being displayed for a huge crowd of over 75,000 fans. What wasn't surprising, is the youtube video of the stunning showcase, it caught the instant attention of the online crowds of folks all across the web as well, with a whopping 3,280,675 views on its official Youtube channel release featured below in this hub, and there's many copycat derivative videos, also achieving over a million views a piece since yesterday's release on April 16th 2012.
Stunning Holographic Display - Tupac Coachella 'Hologram' May Go On Tour. It wasn't enough to just raise him from the dead -- now Snoop Dogg and Dr.
Dre might take be starting a Tupac Revivalist Roadshow. The two rap superstars put together an all-star ensemble for their Coachella performance Sunday, but the event was truly made by the 2D reflected image of a walking, talking, singing Tupac Shakur, who performed two songs for the in-awe concert audience (and then, a massive audience on YouTube).
The computer work was done by Digital Domain Image Group, which told The Wall Street Journal that it created an entire synthetic human without use of archival footage for the show. Their work might not be done, as the Journal reports that Dre has been considering taking the spectacle on tour. Is Tupac Coachella Hologram The Future Of Touring? Sure, the laser Pink Floyd show is totally awesome and the Beatles cover band totally nailed "Penny Lane.
" But after the rapturous response to the Tupac Shakur hologram at Coachella, you can be sure phones are ringing off the hook this week all over Hollywood with calls to the Digital Domain wizards behind the stunt. Think of the possibilities: The Doors resurrected with a young Jim Morrison, Nirvana on tour with a virtual Kurt Cobain or a resurrected Tupac and Biggie sharing a stage for a greatest hits show. But does the success of the Tupac mini-set mean that holograms are the touring industry's version of 3-D movies? "I thought it was great in that particular moment," said veteran manager Danny Goldberg, who has worked with everyone from Nirvana and Led Zeppelin to Sonic Youth and the Hives, who he was on hand to see at Coachella. "They were evoking a certain nostalgia for [the era of] gangsta rap and I thought it worked in that context and was exciting and special.
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Tupac Coachella hologram: Behind the technology - Tech Talk. / Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella (CBS News) Tupac Shakur reunited with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg Sunday night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival -- at least that's what it looked like. Main.
The Official Website. Tupac Takes Over The Web Through Hologram-Inspired Memes. It's been a crazy week for Tupac Shakur, who, despite having passed away in 1996, has been all over the news after his hologram performance at Coachella.
The intriguing yet creepy display has sparked plenty of debate and questions about the future of touringand whether holograms disrespect the memory of late music legends. Never one to miss a viral joke opportunity, the Internet has scooped up Holo-Pac and run with it, resulting in Holo-Pac memes spreading to the far corners of the web. Trailing the success of other parody accounts such as @AngiesRightLeg and @DarthVader, the Twittersphere welcomed @HologramTupac this week, which impressively garnered more than 30,000 followers in only a few days. @HologramTupac tweets at celebrities and fans alike, often pausing to clarify that he is not a zombie, which apparently has been a point of confusion for some. Others have taken the meme past the rapper and come up with dream lineups of other deceased stars. Tupac Shakur.