Hatsune Miku, Japan's latest pop music star, is one of the most fascinatingly creepy things I've seen in awhile. She's performing to sold-out concerts in Japan but the intriguing part is...she doesn't exist.
From Dvice...
Hatsune is a product of Japan's popular Vocaloid software scene in which fans can create their own songs for fictional characters to sing. The twist here is that Crypton Future Media took things to the next level by making the character into a hologram and actually putting their avatar on tour, playing to huge enthusiastic audiences. The spectacle of a hologram performing on stage, with a live backing band in front of thousands of screaming fans is pure science fiction brought to real life.
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William Gibson's "Idoru" come to life.
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