Tupac Lives, Going on Tour
People are speculating, but this is SO happening!

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After his well-received performance at Coachella over the weekend, hologram Tupac is may be going on a full-scale tour! According to the Wall Street Journal , Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are considering taking their show on the road along with Eminem and 50 cent.  Since Tupac's riveting performance on Sunday night, fans have been in a frenzy and those involved are looking to cash in on it. According to El Ulbrich, the CEO of Digital Domain, the company that created virtual Tupac, his performance was 100% digitally created from scratch, not from archival footage. He told the Wall Street Journal, "This is not found footage. This is not archival footage. This is an illusion. This is just the beginning. Dre has a massive vision for this."

The image, most associated as a 3D hologram, was actually an optical illusion using a 2D image projected from a reflective surface on the stage. Mylar was then used to reflect the image back to create the 3D effect. According Nick Smith, to the president of AV Concepts, the company that handled the projection details of the performance, it was all Dr. Dre's brilliant idea from the get-go. He told MTV, "It was Dre's vision to bring [Tupac] back to life. It was his idea from the very beginning and we worked with him and his camp to utilize the technology to make it come to life."

And for those of you who are aching for more digital lost legends, anything and anyone can be digitally recreated (cue Twilight Zone music). "You can take people that haven't done concerts before or perform music they haven't sung and digitally re-create it," explained Smith. We're all over this idea. May we suggest a few legends they need to work on next?

Digital Tupac took a year to complete and according to sources cost at least $100,000 to $400,000.

In case you missed his performance, check it below:

 



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