When you go to a concert would you be disappointed if the people on stage weren’t people at all? What if the real performers were there, just in the shadows playing musical puppeteer to a digital avatar? This is where some “live” performances are headed.

The Japanese have an interesting fascination with this technology and have even created a “virtual” concert where a holo-performer is the star named “Hatsune Miku” (link below). Kate moss appeared as a “holo-model” at the McQueen Fall/Winter 2006 runway show. And the Gorillaz have done an awesome job of bringing their fictional band members to life on stage for several events, but it proved too expensive to take the holo-show on tour. I can’t wait to see where this technology takes the “live” entertainment world as it improves.

Links:

GORILLAZ Live concert with 3D holograms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-AhYnjKEzs 

Gorillaz & Madonna Live - Feel Good Inc - Hung up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_gnMOom7kE&feature=related 

Hatsune Miku - World is Mine Live in HD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTXO7KGHtjI 

Butterfly On Your Right Shoulder [ Live ] - Kagamine Rin / Len Migikata no Chou:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyhljXOxID8&feature=related 

VOCALOID - Promise [Live Concert Realtime Hologram]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwDXtBwvR3k 

NAKED - HOLOGRAPHIC CONCERT:
http://vimeo.com/11747160

Kate Moss McQueen Fall/Winter 2006 runway show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIcsYBZSQ48&feature=related