Tupac was resurrected over the weekend thanks to modern technology. Apparently the hologram of Tupac was planned for several months by Dre. To make a hologram like that would have costed somewhat between $100,000 and $400,000.
The people responsible for crafting it, are Digital Domain Media Group, the visual effects house co-founded by James Cameron and responsible for cutting-edge film tricks in movies like Titanic, Tron: Legacy, the Transformers series, Real Steel, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
“To create a completely synthetic human being is the most complicated thing that can be done,”said DDMG’s chief creative officer. “This is not archival footage. This is an illusion. This is the beginning. Dre has a massive vision for this.”
After the CGI image was built, it was projected on stage by AV Centrals who used a 19TH-century mirror trick.
“The trick is based on the fact that glass is both transparent and reflective, meaning it’s possible, with the Continue reading →