"....Hologram USA, a technology company that specializes in these visual recreations of celebrities, announced that it would use the likenesses of [Andy] Kaufman and [Redd] Foxx and parts of their previously recorded routines to create hologram shows that will be presented across the country next year.
“They’re comedy icons,” said Alki David, the founder and chief executive of Hologram USA. “Both of them influenced so many comedians after them.”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/24/arts/andy-kaufman-and-redd-foxx-to-tour-years-after-death.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/24/arts/andy-kaufman-and-redd-foxx-to-tour-years-after-death.html?_r=0
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“You can now be in multiple places at once, and literally come back from the dead,” Ms. Chang wrote in response to email questions. “This idea can be uncomfortable for some, but for others, it’s groundbreaking."
Nice...
It could double as a study in audience behavior. Will they at some point have to start confiscating digital devices?
Do you ever have your car or truck so loaded with heavy stuff in the back, that the theme song to Sanford and Son plays in your head?
lol no April, I hear the Beverly Hillbillies.
Lem, it's such an awesome idea. I wonder if it will pan out. Like when before google maps loads a grid shows and I think of the Star Trek Holodeck, this makes me think of same.
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