Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Crowds

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 8:32 PM UTC

camtarn wrote: post #12

djtumolo wrote: post #8

Is this really that different from Gorillaz? They are also cartoon personas that perform music. If it gets to the point where an artificial intelligence composes and performs, then we will be in Gibson's Sprawl.

Slightly different. Gorillaz band members are usually voiced by one real artist (although this artist can change from album to album), whereas Hatsune Miku is one step removed - while there was a real voice actress providing the foundation for her voice, the actual lyrics sung don't pass through any human mouth. The persona of Hatsune Miku also seems to have evolved a little more organically: the style and personalit…

Post by srcerer » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 9:30 PM UTC

zacharycohn wrote: post #48

BjornW wrote: post #4

Wow! This reminds me of the book Idoru by Willam Gibson. Idoru on Wikipedia: "In the post Tokyo/San Francisco earthquake world of the early 21st century, Colin Laney is referred to agents of the aging mega-rock star Rez (of the musical group Lo/Rez, and seemingly very much styled after former The Smiths frontman, Morrissey) for a job using his peculiar talent of sifting through vast amounts of mundane data to find "n…

This reminds me of a short cyberpunk story. I can't remember the name/author, but it was about a world where the next level of entertainment was essentially generated from a brainmap of the "artist." There was a girl who was disabled/disfigured/diseased, and she ended up becoming the biggest and most popular artist ever due to the raw emotions she was conveying. At the end she transfers her consciousness "to the clou…

Post by zacharycohn » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 9:39 PM UTC

Jd wrote: post #17

BjornW wrote: post #4

Wow! This reminds me of the book Idoru by Willam Gibson. Idoru on Wikipedia: "In the post Tokyo/San Francisco earthquake world of the early 21st century, Colin Laney is referred to agents of the aging mega-rock star Rez (of the musical group Lo/Rez, and seemingly very much styled after former The Smiths frontman, Morrissey) for a job using his peculiar talent of sifting through vast amounts of mundane data to find "n…

Also a significant discussion of this phenomenon in PK Dick's VALIS trilogy

Post by nathanielksmith » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 10:06 PM UTC

zacharycohn wrote: post #48

BjornW wrote: post #4

Wow! This reminds me of the book Idoru by Willam Gibson. Idoru on Wikipedia: "In the post Tokyo/San Francisco earthquake world of the early 21st century, Colin Laney is referred to agents of the aging mega-rock star Rez (of the musical group Lo/Rez, and seemingly very much styled after former The Smiths frontman, Morrissey) for a job using his peculiar talent of sifting through vast amounts of mundane data to find "n…

This reminds me of a short cyberpunk story. I can't remember the name/author, but it was about a world where the next level of entertainment was essentially generated from a brainmap of the "artist." There was a girl who was disabled/disfigured/diseased, and she ended up becoming the biggest and most popular artist ever due to the raw emotions she was conveying. At the end she transfers her consciousness "to the clou…

Post by ghshephard » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 10:26 PM UTC

mrcharles wrote: post #35

vcrash wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These days, he focuses on writing the present

But only because by his point of view, the present is effectively the future he looked forward to. I've always felt it's both an interesting and bold position for a writer of sci-fi to take.