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Shiroi Hane
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More examples of recent "world media" coverage:
http://www.metro.co.uk/music/844784-hatsune-miku-is-pops-biggest-draw-as-japanese-3d-cartoon-stage-sensation http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1329040/Japanese-3D-singing-hologram-Hatsune-Miku-nations-biggest-pop-star.html via http://www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/Miku_Hatsune_covered_by_Metro_newspaper.html http://www.uk-anime.net/forum/showthread.php?t=15042 |
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tuxedocat
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Miku is the "demo" character for the software. If you program the software correctly, the mouthflaps will match just fine.
Wrong. Gibson references anime and manga in quite a few of his books, so that makes him relevant to anime culture.
I'm almost afraid to tell you this, but the software is already evolving. I heard talk in Japantown SF that there were "lifelike" versions of the Miku demo in the works. |
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yblees
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I see. So Hatsune Miku is like an interface for the music creation software? Gibson's Idoru is more of a virtual entity that changes according to feedback from fans - not really the same thing. It's possible Gibson confused the vocaloid with something similar to his idoru concept. Does Hatsune Miku "evolve" from fan feedback? Or is the basic software static, and fans use it to create their own performances? |
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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No the software itself and whatever PC it's installed on is the interface. Miku is simply the face and the name attached to the specific voice module you've chosen. When Vocaloid became widely available public software they created the imagery of Miku and the other vocaloids to market it and provide a means for consumers to identify it, like the cover of a DVD, book or video game, etc. It just so happened that Miku the character herself became so popular that now we have other products and services besides just the Vocaloid software that uses Hatsune Miku as a sort of brand name.
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Ojamajo LimePie
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The latter, although the software does get updates. Fans use the software to create their own songs (or cover songs.) |
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R315r4z0r
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I like how people claim to understand what anime is and then go and say that it is it's own 'genre.'
I mean... how do you have 'less anime' in something? Does that even make sense? That's like looking at a painting of a tree and saying "it needs less tree." What the heck is that? |
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I think it should also be noted that Gibson also posted anther tweet regarding Miku not too long ago stating:
"Hatsune Miku is clearly a more complex phenomenon than I initially assumed. Requires further study." http://twitter.com/GreatDismal/statuses/5370144318558208 Last edited by sailorsean on Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:23 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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It's just a preference of styles. |
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enurtsol
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Maybe Gibson meant more development on the technology, less on the anime fanaticism.
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yblees
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Gibson was making a pun (kind of joke play on words that doesn't always make logical sense). Rez is the name of a character in his book about a virtual pop star. To be specific, Rez is the lead singer in the fictional band "Lo/Rez" and married the computer "idol" (pop star) in his book. The key words here are "more rez", because people automatically think "low rez" (lo/rez) - get it? Hope that helps.... Last edited by yblees on Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:11 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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yblees
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In other words, Gibson's Idoru concepts still remains a figment of his own imagination 
Sorry, couldn't resist. |
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tuxedocat
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Yep. I knew that it would interest him. In fact, the University that employs my husband is very interested in the tech behind it and how it could be used in other applications. |
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zalas
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For those of you who don't follow the CEO of Crypton on Twitter, he has requested that people start linking to the official English website for Hatsune Miku: http://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01_us.jsp
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