Holographic Performers

Did you know there have been concerts that bring the dead to life?

A few years ago, during the Coachella festival, Tupac returned for a performance with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

Tupac's Hologram

This slightly-eerie reincarnation was pulled off using 2D Holograms. While not quite a futuristic, 360˚ 3D hologram, the diagram below shows how the effect was pulled off.

Me personally, I honestly think the idea is kind of cool. While it has weird associations, the fact the performer is performing without their permission, it would create an incredible atmosphere in a concert, having one of your favourite artists return. What I especially love though, is how the animation is pulled off. A combination of intense studying of archival footage on how the artist performed, mixed with motion capture animation of alive relatives is used to pull off the effect. Then, the animation is played using the technique shown above.