Hatsune Miku, Japan's 3D Hologram Rock Star

Do you believe that the newest rockstar in Japan is a hologram! Her name is 'Hatsune Miku'. She is a 3D animated hologram whose voice is power by a singing synthesizer application.

Miku has a long blue-green hair and likes to wear in pigtail. Her costume matches the school girl. She is a sining, digital avator created by the Japanese technology firm, Crypton Future Media that consumers can purchase and then program to perform any song on a computer.

She is a Vocaloid's voice syntesizer (a software that generates sounding sining by simply typing in the lyrics and music notes) The vocaloidism blog has more details about the software.

She performed her first 'live' concert in 2009 and has also traveled to Singapore on tour.

Hatsune Miku is a rising star in japan and across East asia. A few months ago, a 3D projection of Miku pranced around several stadium stages as part of a concert tour. Around 25,000 fans who fill stadium to watch her don't care that she isn't flesh and blood. Clazed fans have been buying all the tickets to her live concerts, which are presented with a 3D holographic technology.

A Moonlight Adventure with the Maiden of the Sea

Upon purchasing a P500 worth of ticket and a few hours of tour at the Oceanarium, we left the park at around 3pm and went back at 6:30 pm for the Maiden of the Sea. We were greeted by a line of excited groups, mostly with families and friends. I later realized it is an outdoor show. Having no clue of what to expect, I began imagining some cunning dolphin performances. At the entrance, we were given some disposable raincoats and were instructed to wear it during the show. Boy was I excited, there’s going to be some cool splashes after all!

 

Manila Ocean Park’s newest addition to its list of attractions, Acquatica is now open to public and its latest feature, “The Maiden of the Sea”.

Maiden of the Sea premiers at the Acquatica of Manila Ocean Park

Some few minutes before the show, we were surprise by a cluster of towering water fountains making its initial splash, giving us an obvious clue of what the raincoats are for. We hurriedly put those on!

And so the show begins with enchanting nature music, green shaft of lights and an impressive voice over. A group of young performers entered its way on the stage and started singing and dancing. Aha! A musical outdoor play! The story of The Maiden of the Sea is about a kingdom that has done harm to Mother Earth and was punished. Little kids will surely love the cast, aside from the "human" performers, what makes this show really appealing are the singing deep sea cartoon characters revealed brilliantly thru a 3D hologram with the help of some giant water screens. Well that speaks high-tech!

Watch this finale part of the Manila Ocean Park's Maiden of the Sea. You can view more scenes at youtube. It is a happy ending by the way!

Maiden of the Sea

After 30 minutes, we left our seats fortunately still dry. The pyro effects, the lights, the cute 3D characters, gigantic water fountains and the energy of the whole performance are all but amazing. I highly recommend Maiden of the Sea for families wanting to see a different kind of fun outdoor musical.   Hungry for food, we went back to the mall and had our dinner at the Makansutra.

Japan: A 3D Hologram that can sing. In Live Concert: Videos. Amazing Tech.

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Her name is Hatsune Miku. "She" an avatar, is actually a vocaloid, a program that synthesizes human speech to the point that it can sing.

A singing computer program, using holographic technology.

You can clearly see the  cyber-anime lass strutting her stuff as she's projected live onto a glass screen.

Hatsume Miku - World is Mine Live in HD

Hatsune Miku is a rising star in Japan and abroad, singing catchy J-pop that matches her blue-green hair. She's also a virtual avatar created by Crypton Media using Yamaha's Vocaloid voice synthesizer. That hasn't stopped her from amassing a legion of fans who really love her work. I mean really love it. Check out the crowd frantically waving glow-sticks and singing along...