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A different kind of virtual reality, or "only in Japan"

Accepted submission by bradley13 at 2017-10-30 15:40:22
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She wears extremely short skirts, sports blue pigtails to her knees and has the boundless energy of a playful puppy. During her 10-year career, she’s released more than 100,000 songs in a variety of languages and opened shows for Lady Gaga. [themalaymailonline.com]

A virtual music star, driven by fans and voice-synthesis software. Here's a sample video [youtube.com], if you're curious. I can't judge the voice, since I don't speak japanese, but the animation is remarkably good.


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