Weird! New Japanese Pop Idol Shocks Fans With News?She’s Not Real (video) | Singularity Hub In the making of video's description, they have Unfortunately, I can't read Japanese but it definitely lets you create a still photo of your own idol by altering facial features...
Interesting to see an immediate homogeneous composite. At least it was computer generated and not a series of photos stollen (like some other recent scandals). IMO, the composite is starting to look caucasian: more reference on how much of a mixing pot Europe and the Americas have been.
This is a growing trend, the creation of virtual celebrities. But it won't stop there; the commercial enterprises creating and controlling virtual celebrities will boost their "idol's" popularity by also creating virtual fans. I look forward to the day it's discovered the fanbase of some virtual celebrity is itself entirely virtual
I blame Linsey Lohan, et al. If you could trust your human ad personas to not embarreass the company in real life, you would not need CG ad personas. The CD ad persona will not wind up in bed with the Prime Minister. (Unless the candy company wants her to)
Yeah, it is sad that he is reduced to doing XM 80's channel announcing (he is still on the air.) We should bring him back.
