Full of ideals. What is remained of his vision . Whats the status of human rights and social justice in whats called the Worlds Largest democracy . Willis, india ahead. It is the pulpit tour unleash along violent bass and re imagine these teachings for relevance to gandhis legacy. Stuart to august 6th on b. W with avatars are taking over the web and the stage from japanese pops. Thats when ameco to about taz and bushel models like little mikaela digital celebrities are widely popular. Could avatar soon replace real stars . Thats all a topic on shift today. Ah, i oh, people in japan can probably instantly recognize this voice. It belongs to virtual popstars. Absolutely. Michel, this singer is purely synthetic, but that hasnt stopped from amassing millions of fans around the world since 2008. She is also something of a blueprint for a bottle stars today. Ah, its the height of an advertise, korea. Thousands of japanese fans cheering. Perhaps may make it a conscious in tokyo, even if the singing is made of flesh and blood. Had soon, amy, cuz choreography is programs and movements were 1st performed by real life dances, and then transferred to the appetite with motion capture. Even after 15 years since to celebrate this virtual avatar, like a real pop star, had soon amy, whose fame even surprised, undeveloped his mother group for they were on the 1st day i hadnt expected such a success. Oh, miss massey, i knew it would be an unusual piece of software and i still got to go and i hoped that people would be curious to use it cuz were an all state but i didnt dig back. She would be opening for lady gaga and o n gamma mother, so big i decided to move initially the company plan to release in houston city boisvert vocally software musicians can use it to add artificial vocals to their music without having to rely on real singers. And editing interface allows artists to adjust the lyrics, peach, and other parameters. One crucial selling point is the voice of tampa. Ah. Although out from all, you know, not, i know that the higher taking a q from and a may culture have got a subculture and oh, taco culture. Yeah. All we decided to tune the vocal lloyd to make her higher pitched voice, sound cute tone. No, nothing as this style was popular deal ne and congress did often and you know, oh gosh, i do know you might be in the mid to thousands. The company noticed the animate science were interested in vocalists have had female avatars. And so, all the vocals that followed were given names and the appearance of animate characters. But the 1st bit break was had soon a me a name. That means the 1st sound as a future. And this sound has run out since 2007. And the secret to success was the community was actively involved from the beginning. And he may and pub fence created lots of unique artwork and composed more than 100000 pieces of music using how soon amigos voice some of them became real hits. Even an offer of was written for its when the michel, the end has been featured in paris in tokyo and was composed by k chiro. She boy. Yeah. So what inspired him to create an avatar oprah . This been a cousin coach up up wrong kind a new pipe force took on the rosy on what that school culture. Nobody does kind of a culture channel to me. Crew format over i wanted to mix this to very different culture and things here. The more it built into the curriculum for me, ah, or avatar is alive, and if so, can they die . In the opera hot soon . Amy who is searching for answers i. She looked of humor, but she said, or somebody i really do one or. She says, very repeating that the people in those 2 seas, not human, but to see can say about this. So audio can thinking about what is this an artificial being that asks philosophical questions. Cool idea. But i wonder what fascinates are so much about about us and can be really form a bond with them. These are the types of questions about our research i rubin dro tom is looking to answer Michigan State university in the united states. We had a chat with him. Theres a lot of research on people having very strong relationships with their avatar and not just in the intuitive way. The intuitive identification with an avatar character is. This is me, but some people have very strong relationships with avatars that are very different from themselves. It is part of the story. Maybe its in a game and i am guiding. Im guiding mario through his quest for the princess. Some people also see avatars just as tools that make sense. And of course i myself always enjoy being mario when im on my nintendo outside of asia to of a ta stars and virtual influences have long been involved in advertising and entertainment. Rely popstars are increasingly interested in the business, especially us artists. For example, american repre travis scott. His appearance in the video game fortnight is still considered one of the biggest and most expensive virtual avatar events. Travis scotts gigantic avatar, only wrapped for 9 minutes on fortnight, but he reportedly scooped up 20000000. 00 us dollars for the virtual concert. At an in person show, stars of this caliber would maybe earn about 1000000. 00 or more than 12000000. 00 people tuned in a huge success for both the rapper and the game developers. And numbers like that are a major draw for brand product placement, like the huge sneakers, the avatar, as wearing is especially effective. The coven 19 pandemic has increased to the trend of virtual concerts. Other big stars like Justin Bieber john legend and Arianna Grandes also hosted virtual concerts and 2021. Yeah, yeah. C not good. Even swedens iconic pop group abba is relying on avatars to realize a new project voyage. Starting in may, benny yearn anita and unafraid can be admired as holograms in their custom built arena in london to perform their new virtual concerts. The 4 avatars were made to look several decades. Younger fans will have to pay a hefty price to see them. Tickets range from 50. 00 to 400. 00 euros. Virtual influencers are another mega trend and the global avatar market. Here they get by without any human blueprint split some 3000000 followers on instagram and 3 and a half 1000000 followers on tick tock. Flo mikaela is among the best known virtual influencers. The fact that she openly reflects upon her existence as a 19 year old robot only seems to make lo mckayla more attractive to followers and advertisers. Her developers can earn around 8500. 00 us dollars per sponsored. Post blue dumas gallo from brazil has even more followers then, little mikaela, my 5800000 on instagram. Shes especially popular in brazil, her country of origin being and kim zulu, from south africa models, international designs. Virtual influencers may hold a certain appeal to brands. Not only do they not age or get sick, and they can avoid unsavoury scandals too. And thats not all. Another type of, of a da style is rising and taking the world by storm. Theyre already a fixture in the streaming and gaming. Seen the tubers lead, you glide, should say, ill teach you being a short for that. Will you chew that m as us as its basically the same idea as a classic you chiva, except when virtual avatar is to have a face, can face composites cause even noticed it made its way to us through hollow like english polar life, which is kind of like an agency for the chip is with roots in japan or, and i was offered for you. Im your punishment on that was ginger, a german v tube with more than 65000 follows and twitch and over 75000 subscribers on youtube. The south korean american develop a, you know, kang, is even more famous. Her channel code michael has about 850000 twitch follows and nearly 400000 subscribers on huge on her stream, she becomes mico, the unemployed heroine of her own computer game oral. Whenever she appears as a real per, its in the role of me goes developer. The technician mico is known for her attention grabbing stunts, and from a technical standpoint, shes perfected her performance. Her stream is highly interactive. Chat messages are displayed across the front of me go shirt and for a fee. Her fans on twitch can trigger certain responses and her virtual studio with the avatars. Movements are so fluid because nickos technician is wearing a motion capture suit worth. Many thousands of euros Specialized Software transmits the streamers every move to the avatar and High Resolution. And in real time, if youre thinking, can i get famous with my avatar too . I have good news. You dont even need a large studio on expensive motion cup to suit. Take a look at this. All you need to capture uses movements is a laptop, a High Resolution webcam and plenty of life. If you want, you can also get a motion sensor for about 100 years to detect hand gestures. Season v cheap is often construct the appetite with the free 3, the software blend up. But those with less experience in 3 d modeling can also by ready made appetite online. Or you might Try Free Software such as v royce, which office varies humanoid appetite that can be modified once completely appetites can be transported into virtual surroundings or other programs, such as b, c. Thank is free tone copies. The looseness detected in front of the web cam onto the avatar. Its also an interface for streaming platforms. With this appetite can be displayed in front of any background imaginable. Thats all simple enough and by the way, how overtime looks can impact how we be, hey, its called the proteus effect. If you use a taller avatar, youll negotiate more aggressively, not just in the virtual environment, but afterwards. These are more attractive avatar. Youll have more social competence, youll stand closer to people in the virtual environment. My favorite one is if you use an inventor avatar, compare to a street close avatar. The mentor has, you know, a lab code and a clipboard. Youll actually come up with more creative ideas. The identity of the avatar will influence how you interact with other people and see yourself unlike us avatar dont age. Their movements are surprisingly realistic and some can even sing. But in order to stay relevant and stick up to the competition, they need to keep advancing technologically and stay on top of the latest trans. Otherwise, theyre koreas could soon be over. So ah avatars. More than just a fad. What do you think . Troubles are common on youtube, all right . As an email, thats all for today. Take care. And bye bye. Ah. You see a desert here . Vain. 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