unreal. Not everyone might like Pac but amazing how real it looks.
Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
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Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#42Here are details on how they reproduced Sinatra, which is probably similar to how they reproduced Tupac:
http://www.damonchernavsky.com/News_Archive/October_2009/Hol...
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#43Great question that was asked today was, "would you pay to see a dead artist perform in holographic form"? Think about all the artists you could bring back and have perform for people when using this technology.
With the exception of Gorillaz, I probably wouldn't pay to see A holographic artist perform, but I would pay to see a bunch of them perform together. Elvis, Buddy Holly, Tupac, Ricky Valenz, Kurt Cobain, etc. Get DJ BC to create the mashup, and away we go.
I think a Sci-Fi "theater" would be nice too, just imagine all the things from The Matrix happening in real time in front of you (that is, just a believable 3D without glasses).
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
> But what happens when Tupac suddenly records a new song? Somebody has to actually create that work and the performance -- presumably whoever does the work or commissions the work would inform themselves of any licensing issues before embarking on it. I'm curious what you think the ideal scenario here would be?
Rebuilding speech/song based on existing phoneme library (i.e. the discography) is already practical and, like everything else in this domain, has been done long ago in japan: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/ueki-loid-speech-synt... See also Hatsune Miku/Vocaloid, which is a fully artificial pop star that's been selling out shows (as a hologram since 2009)
I'm not sure if this is what you're suggesting, but I can't imagine we will ever see someone producing entirely new Tupac songs based on his phoneme library.
It would be in such bad taste that even the American recording industry wouldn't go near it. People already get upset that they use old entire recordings to produce new songs, and those are actually his lyrics and his voice.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
This led me on a one-hour Wikipedia detour and I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride. Seriously cool stuff.
There's only 37 minutes between my post and your reply :-)
"I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride"
Bending time included.
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#46I'm confused as to how they got him to say "Coachella". Had he performed there in his lifetime or did they have to create that word from old voice recordings?
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#47I'm confused as to how they got him to say "Coachella". Had he performed there in his lifetime or did they have to create that word from old voice recordings?
He died three years before the first Coachella. So no, he had never performed there.
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#48The technology behind this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musion_Eyeliner which uses the old Pepper's Ghost trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppers_ghost
This led me on a one-hour Wikipedia detour and I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride. Seriously cool stuff.
Have you read http://craphound.com/down/ (Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom) yet?
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
This led me on a one-hour Wikipedia detour and I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride. Seriously cool stuff.
There's only 37 minutes between my post and your reply :-)
He meant Wikipedia time. I've spent three hours reading Byzantine history and related articles in about an hour.
Check for yourself with a timer:
1) http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
go.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Rebuilding speech/song based on existing phoneme library (i.e. the discography) is already practical and, like everything else in this domain, has been done long ago in japan: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/ueki-loid-speech-synt... See also Hatsune Miku/Vocaloid, which is a fully artificial pop star that's been selling out shows (as a hologram since 2009)
I'm not sure if this is what you're suggesting, but I can't imagine we will ever see someone producing entirely new Tupac songs based on his phoneme library. It would be in such bad taste that even the American recording industry wouldn't go near it. People already get upset that they use old entire recordings to produce new songs, and those are actually his lyrics and his voice.
To paraphrase the well-known maxim, you can never go broke underestimating the good taste of the american public (over a long enough timeframe). The IP status of the voice is a really fascinating question though, given how complex the current songwriting/master/recording breakdown is already.