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WARNING, Explicit lyrics. View at your own risk.

 

 

"My only fear in death is comin' back, reincarnated" - Tupac Shakur, from the album 'R U Still Down (Remember Me)'


 

It is said, “Only the good die young.” Tupac Shakur is arguably one of the greatest rappers of all time, and at 26 years old, he died far too young.  His friends and fan base has had a hard time letting go, and almost 16 years after Tupac’s death, they have brought him back.

 

The company AV Concepts worked alongside James Cameron’s Digital Domain, London’s Musion, and rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to bring the ill fated Tupac, rather Makaveli, to the Coachella festival stage, live in 3D. Digital Domain and AV Concepts took video samples from Tupac’s past concerts along with CGI to create the “new” stage performance. The company Musion gave the show the holographic effect.

 

Musion employed a gimmick called “Pepper’s Ghost,” where mirrors are used to reflect an image onto a glass plane in another area. Instead of glass, Musion created a special reflective foil to take the idea to a higher quality level, dubbing it “Eyeliner.” The results were so believable that onstage during a rendition of “2 of america’s most wanted,” the life-size 3D Tupac looked almost real next to Snoop Dogg.

 

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Tupac and Snoop, live at Coachella (via AV Concepts)

 

AV Concepts president Nick Smith, “This show was by far one of the most exciting yet challenging projects we have ever worked on. A highly choreographed, live, outdoor holographic production of this magnitude with hundreds of thousands of people watching gave us the added incentive, and pressure, to deliver.”

 

This is the first time that a deceased celebrity was brought “back to life.” Surely not the last time this technology will be employed.  However, this is not the first time a 3D projection was brought onto a live music event stage. A similar technology has created a sizable group of fans for the virtual 3D Japanese pop-idol “Hatsune Miku.” It is safe to say, the Tupac projection looks more realistic than Miku.


 

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Imagine being able to fit such a tablet into your pocket and not having to worry about reducing the size of the display.  It may soon be possible thanks to researcher Juergen Steimle. Working with faculty at MIT's media lab they have developed multiple tablets that work a bit differently than their traditional counterparts.

 

 

The technology, dubbed FoldMe, works by using infrared cameras overhead to track movement and position of the  tablet surface. The software interface is projected on to the surfaces, using two full high definition projectors to project the image onto the "tablet." Angle of the hinges within the tablet allowing the display to convert from a flat panel display, to a two panel display as if held like reading a book, or if folded completely over a smaller display.

 

 

Hand gestures can be read using infrared markers on the finger nails to give it the touch screen feel most people are used to. The hinges also create new controls that can be used within applications. Since the cameras read the angle of the fold, the angle can be used to control information that normally an on-screen dial would control.

 

 

It appears that this may not work well outside, or off the tablet projection grid. However, this may usher in a new level of connectivity for the boardroom. Later this month, Steimle will present his work at the TEI conference in Canada.

 

 

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