Maker of Tupac Hologram Files for Bankruptcy: Would You Pay to See a Hologram Performance?

by Fergie Posted 2012/09/12 20:00:00

Related Topics: Music, Tupac Shakur, Tupac, Tupac hologram

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Digital Domain, the company that created the famed Coachella Tupac hologram, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after its stock value dropped 94 percent. They had planned to create an Elvis hologram, and potentially Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix holograms at some point in the future, but it's not completely ruled out as an investment firm is looking into buying their production business. Would you ever pay to see a hologram performance of a musician who passed away? Or do you prefer to stick to live performances... with live musicians?

ROLLINGSTONE.COM reports:
The company that created the hologram of Tupac Shakur that performed at this year's Coachella festival has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after going public in November, CNN reports.

tupac shakur performed years coachella festival filed chapter 11 bankruptcy

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Sin 2012/09/12 23:58:47 (edited)

No

+9
-inserts smartass comment-
can i pay with holographic money?
;D

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Ramón 2012/09/22 20:01:04

No

I wouldn't pay for a real Tupac concert!

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Babychae 2012/09/18 16:25:49

No

Well, unless it's The Gorillaz. You barely see them anyway, and it would be cool to see their characters in hologram form. If you're not an act like that though, then no, waste of money!

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T 2012/09/17 23:02:02

Yes

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But only in a few special cases. (Freddy Mercury, John Lennon, etc.)

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xAnnaX 2012/09/17 19:56:30 (edited)

No

It's not the same without a real celebrity , also They have the same thing over in Japan except it's from a game Project Diva . And the Characters are Called Vocaloids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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ZB 2012/09/17 17:00:09

Yes

Sure, if it's like this

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El Prez 2012/09/17 09:48:05

No

Their failure tells the whole story. People want to see people, not pictures of people, when they go to concerts. Otherwise watch a film.

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bodaishinboy 2012/09/17 04:23:35 (edited)

Yes

But only if the hologram was an element at the concert and not the main event. In short it would still have to be a live performance and not just some hologram show.

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Marianne ☮ 2012/09/17 04:11:12 (edited)

Yes

maybe. If they were cheap enough and ir was an elvis hologram
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JPS 2012/09/17 03:14:33

No

It's not a performance, it's just an optical illusion. But for $1 I would probably watch it.

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lovemykiddos 2012/09/17 02:57:03

No

I think this was a cool gimmick but I also think it's kind of tasteless and if I were the family of the dead celebrity I think I would feel like this was exploitation. Another thought is that one goes to a concert to see unscripted human performance and not some computer program.

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Anonymous Loner 2012/09/16 15:48:07

No

No, what's the fun of that? Anyways, Imma go listen to some '80's music if anyone needs me.

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Dave 007 2012/09/16 11:46:19

No

Pay to see holograms. REALLY! I'd rather watch past concerts on TV.

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ellencalvo 2012/09/16 03:16:11

Yes

I might

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Azrael-In GOD we trust 2012/09/15 22:30:03

No

That is absolutely the stupidest crap I have ever seen in my life.

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Sachikø-the-shy-kunoichi 2012/09/15 10:59:27

Yes

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musicme... to Sachikø... 2012/09/16 01:25:56

+1
omgomgomg HATSUNE MIKUUU!! <3 btw, love ur profile pic RUSSIA xD

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Sachikø... to musicme... 2012/09/16 04:02:55

+1
Yup i'm a fan if Miku &&Oh my gosh I'm a fangirl of Russia <3

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musicme... to Sachikø... 2012/09/18 02:10:00

Yeah and America always makes me die laughing xD

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Sachikø... to musicme... 2012/09/18 03:48:45

+1
He is kinda lyke most americans XD

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musicme... to Sachikø... 2012/09/21 02:40:18

yeah, racist jokes will never get old :3

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Sachikø... to musicme... 2012/09/21 03:42:46

+1
I know right?!

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Tina 2012/09/14 23:53:38

No

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No, I wouldn't see the point of it. It would be like streaming it down the internet LIVE in the comfort of your own home - you go to a concert so you can brag that you've been within a certain amount of distance of that famous person you've gone to see.

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Jason 2012/09/14 22:50:49

No

I'd rather watch a performance with live musicians c;

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Yvette Walker 2012/09/14 17:21:34

Yes

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Since Tupac is no longer here it would feel good to his fans that they can still connect to him. To not only hear his music, but see a image of him. Most people wish they can see Janis Joplin, and John Lennon. I wish to see Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, etc.

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gaylehelen 2012/09/14 14:34:08

No

Heck no.

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ssmithix 2012/09/14 13:23:17

Yes

+1
It would be very interesting to see these but I wouldn't pay as much as a live concert

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Terrance Earle 2012/09/14 13:04:47

No

+2
So we pay people to get fat and lazy? Isn't the entertainment job to entertain? Or is this a ploy for record companies to make more money on horrible stars by mass producing their image?

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PJ Kempen 2012/09/14 12:35:53

Yes

Only for her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?... ;D

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Indigo Minded 2012/09/14 12:35:05

Yes

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Hell yes. Just think, we could digitally remaster songs from legends. Jimi Hendrix, Lennon, Biggie, etc. Bring them back as holograms for visual stimuli. The potential is enormous, and its wondrously futuristic. In a waning music industry, this would be a nice alternative.

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Ian 2012/09/14 08:28:23

Yes

+1
It depends on how much I'd have to pay and what the show is about :)

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Mark5610 2012/09/14 04:05:38

No

RIP OFF!

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Ville Elo-Squiggles\(>.<)/ 2012/09/14 01:37:18 (edited)

No

$Ville Elo-Squiggles\(>.<)/$

ei, that does not interest me.

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Adam Dodge 2012/09/14 01:31:40

No

Holograms can only do so much. Humans have that... unexplainable element of entertainment... You'll never see these things happen with holograms.

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jody.cotton3 2012/09/14 01:10:20

Yes

i think it would be neat to see....

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debby_2056 2012/09/14 01:03:40

No

Not just no, but hell no.

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☆FritzW☆ 2012/09/14 00:04:57

Yes

Hell ya... so long as the price is right. :) I won't attend most concerts today as the ticket prices are astronomical. But imagine that.. Elvis back on stage and performing his great songs again. And since there's no real performer, ticket prices are very reasonable. If not, then the holos can go the way, apparently, of the company.

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Desdemona1888 2012/09/13 23:22:25

Yes

Think vocaloid concerts. I would pay to hear Miku Hatsune live.

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kevracer 2012/09/13 22:53:53

No

that's the first thing TuPac ever did after his death that didn't make money

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Robert Strobel 2012/09/13 22:43:06

No

If I'm paying my hard earned cash to see someone it better be them.

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MetallKaos 2012/09/13 22:26:33

No

Don't get me wrong, it is a decent idea as sort of a tribute to a dead band member, but for a show like Tupac, it is just a big screening of a music video pretty much. A band called X Japan had a member die, and when they play shows, sometimes they have a hologram of the dead member, which is neat, but still sort of odd actually. All in all, it depends what show it is, but nobody I would want to go see is dead enough to warrant a hologram.

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