Technology...
Is it allowing us to bring the deceased back to life?!
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I've been researching the evolution of technology online and in university, and I've come across a most extraordinary piece of footage. I'm sure you've all heard of Vocaloids yes? Well, in Japan, the vocaloid team developers (Crypton Media) have created something unique. It's a live rock concert with Hatsune Miku singing on stage for an audience as a 3D Hologram.
Here's a quote from Aaron Saenz "Everyone gets a little obsessed with famous musicians now and then, but things get really weird when the famous musician is actually just a piece of software. Hatsune Miku is a rising star in Japan and abroad, singing catchy J-pop that matches her blue-green hair." Below is some footage of the concert. (Watch through to the chorus, it gives us a visual concept of how realistic this is, and can be with new developments in the near future).
Okay so how does 'bringing the dead back to life' come into this? Well if we look at this from a future development perspective, then there's a broad amount of areas we can study and design using this technology. It has been suggested that our next step could include bringing holographic images of artists like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley to a real audience.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Yes it means we can still gain the experience of seeing famous icons live, but won't this hinder some peoples views? People that follow the opinions along the lines of "when people die, they should stay dead". I think this also includes some religious views. Following the other side of this argument, these events could enlighten new artists, and it'll help a great artists legacy live on, rather than eventually withering and fading away. My personal opinion is that it's a great idea, because all the hard effort and time an artist puts into his music shouldn't be left to eventually die out and be forgotten, it should live on and be remembered for many years ahead. So what's your views on this matter?
Here are a few videos of some other technology developments I've found that I find very interesting:
Androids.
No matter how we look at things, in a good or a bad view, these machines are being designed. Developments on Lifelike human computer will exist, the question is whether it'll be useful state of the art technology, or could it mean the destruction of our developments? Will these machines ever create, or imitate a consciousness of their own?
Another topic, will we as human beings ever gain the ability to attach electrical icons to our own bodies? Like chips in the brain for example?
3D Graphic Image Mapping.
This video is just to show some of the extraordinary developments that currently exist. The video is based on a projection shown on a building, with graphical changes throughout the screening process.
Head tracking.
It's more advanced than in-screen 3D technology, this actually make the images appear to come out of the screen.
Your welcome to watch the whole thing, the visual effects however come in at 2:30.
References:
Vocaloid
Android
Thanks for reading this, let me know what your views are, I find these developments very interesting :)
2 comments:
Something dear to my heart ;)
Quite apart from my current novel, which deals with the concept of self-aware zombies that investicate the use of hardware to replace decayed parts, I am in awe of poets on youtube. Poets dead for 100 years can have their images realistically animated with their own voices reading peoms. I may be old, but I marvel at the future still.
Exactly, it's a fascinating concept isn't it? It'd give more meaning after death. I love the ideals of the future, we're going to have some incredible things.
The novel sounds very interesting, I'd love to take a look once your finished? =)
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