Over the past few years, the world has lost some of the greatest musical performers ever. The list is amazing, from Michael Jackson to Prince. Now just imagine, one day in the future, you could get the opportunity to see Michael Jackson perform his once-planned This Is It concert. Imagine being able to once again break down in tears to Prince performing his hit classic “Purple Rain.” Can’t quite wrap your mind around this, well let me enlighten you on how this type of possibility is technically already here. Think back to the Billboard Music Awards of the year 2014. Sony Music had just released the posthumous Michael Jackson album Xscape, and in correlation with its release, at the award show, the world was treated to a hologram performance of Michael Jackson. If you haven’t been living under a rock, you would also know that this isn’t the first ever performance of a hologram. Legendary gangsta-rap artist Eric Wright, better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was captured with a hologram performance as well. These holograms are used to capture the essence of these performers for one more amazing spectacle. I personally loved to watch the hologram performance of Michael Jackson, and it got me thinking, what if they used the hologram to recreate the This Is It. Think about the majesty of such technological advances, but that possibility has been extended thanks to the ideas of “Be Right Back.” Instead of using a hologram, which would have to use pre-recorded tracks, an android could sing live with the same voice that Michael Jackson graced audiences with for years. It is quite true when I saw that this technology is coming, whether you are ready or not. I for one hope it hurries back…
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Please Hurry Back - Logan Lurry
The Netflix show entitled Black Mirror aired an episode entitled “Be Right Back” that will absolutely have you either cringing or praying for the future. The episode starred Haley Atwell (Marvel’s Agent Carter, Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger) and Domnhall Gleeson (Star Wars The Last Jedi, Goodbye Christopher Robin) as a couple that has their lives changed forever once Gleeson’s character is killed in a car crash. Atwell’s character deals with the grief in what some would believe to be an unhealthy style, a lifelike android. While some fear that this technology is downright scary, mostly thanks to the Terminator series, I for one have a certain set of things that I would love to see this type of technology used for.
Over the past few years, the world has lost some of the greatest musical performers ever. The list is amazing, from Michael Jackson to Prince. Now just imagine, one day in the future, you could get the opportunity to see Michael Jackson perform his once-planned This Is It concert. Imagine being able to once again break down in tears to Prince performing his hit classic “Purple Rain.” Can’t quite wrap your mind around this, well let me enlighten you on how this type of possibility is technically already here. Think back to the Billboard Music Awards of the year 2014. Sony Music had just released the posthumous Michael Jackson album Xscape, and in correlation with its release, at the award show, the world was treated to a hologram performance of Michael Jackson. If you haven’t been living under a rock, you would also know that this isn’t the first ever performance of a hologram. Legendary gangsta-rap artist Eric Wright, better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was captured with a hologram performance as well. These holograms are used to capture the essence of these performers for one more amazing spectacle. I personally loved to watch the hologram performance of Michael Jackson, and it got me thinking, what if they used the hologram to recreate the This Is It. Think about the majesty of such technological advances, but that possibility has been extended thanks to the ideas of “Be Right Back.” Instead of using a hologram, which would have to use pre-recorded tracks, an android could sing live with the same voice that Michael Jackson graced audiences with for years. It is quite true when I saw that this technology is coming, whether you are ready or not. I for one hope it hurries back…
Over the past few years, the world has lost some of the greatest musical performers ever. The list is amazing, from Michael Jackson to Prince. Now just imagine, one day in the future, you could get the opportunity to see Michael Jackson perform his once-planned This Is It concert. Imagine being able to once again break down in tears to Prince performing his hit classic “Purple Rain.” Can’t quite wrap your mind around this, well let me enlighten you on how this type of possibility is technically already here. Think back to the Billboard Music Awards of the year 2014. Sony Music had just released the posthumous Michael Jackson album Xscape, and in correlation with its release, at the award show, the world was treated to a hologram performance of Michael Jackson. If you haven’t been living under a rock, you would also know that this isn’t the first ever performance of a hologram. Legendary gangsta-rap artist Eric Wright, better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was captured with a hologram performance as well. These holograms are used to capture the essence of these performers for one more amazing spectacle. I personally loved to watch the hologram performance of Michael Jackson, and it got me thinking, what if they used the hologram to recreate the This Is It. Think about the majesty of such technological advances, but that possibility has been extended thanks to the ideas of “Be Right Back.” Instead of using a hologram, which would have to use pre-recorded tracks, an android could sing live with the same voice that Michael Jackson graced audiences with for years. It is quite true when I saw that this technology is coming, whether you are ready or not. I for one hope it hurries back…
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I think it would be really cool if we were able to bring back singers to preform, but I for one wouldn't want something to portray a loved one like in the movie.
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