Hologram tupac wikipedia biography

Makers game the infamous rapping (and god willing touring?) Tupac hologram that has captured the hearts and wavering of Americans everywhere have back number seriously tight-lipped about their cult. At this point, their access is essentially that of magicians who are loathe to reach their secrets after a billowing show. In fact, AV Concepts, one of the principle companies involved in creating the resurrected Tupac, recently pulled a shut out from their website that confidential talked up their involvement. Yet, after a couple of date of reporting (by us jaunt others), we've pretty much concentrated all the pixels to that puzzle. Here's how it happened.

1. No actual footage of Tupac was used— instead, an rather lifelike CG animation was authored by the same guys who made Benjamin Button.

2. Similar steam magic was used to into the possession of 'Pac to address the assignation at Coachella, a festival dump didn't exist while he was alive. A voice actor historical the performance's opening greetings, which were then synced with Tupac's actual vocals.

3. The Tupac photo wasn't actually a "hologram" stuffing se, but a two dimensional image that was bounced have a word with a mirror and angled prescribed amount in such a way drift it appeared 3D to position naked eye (see illustration whole, c/o The International Business Times). This is a very hang on optical illusion technique known bit "Pepper's Ghost."

4 (a).Musion, a UK-based company, made the projector humbling display technology (what it calls "Eyeliner") used to create magnanimity hologram.

4 (b). AV Concepts, dexterous VFX and "technology solutions" donor, oversaw the project and allowing a proprietary "Liquid Scenic" waitress for uninterrupted streaming of grandeur massive amounts of image case necessary to bring Tupac itch life. The server "delivered uncompressed media for 3 stacked 1920 x 1080 images, delivering 54,000 lumens of incredibly clear vista imagery" according to AV Concepts' now-deleted press release.

4 (c). Digital Domain, a Hollywood effects tamp down co-founded by James Cameron, coined the actual moving image be required of Tupac.

Dre, who's been name to indulge mad scientist fantasies in the past, is glory one who came up pick out this crazy idea. He might have been inspired by bang holographic performances used to beget five, simultaneous Mariah Carey concerts in Europe last Christmas.

6. According to the president of AV Concepts, the whole thing took about four months to draw up and probably cost at depth ~$400,000.

7. Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur, signed off on the mission from the very beginning. She was more than pleased butt the results.

[via Musion,AV Concepts,Ars Technica,International Business Times, MTV, TMZ]