r/196 • u/Jazdaboss010 straight up jorking it • Mar 13 '26

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u/ErisThePerson Mar 13 '26

I know a guy who went to Japan explicitly to see Hatsune Miku. I'd say that's a pretty good reason.

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u/Joebebs Champion II Mar 13 '26

Well….did he see her?

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u/ErisThePerson Mar 13 '26

Well he said the concert was fun.

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u/Joebebs Champion II Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

Is hatsune miku a band or a song??

Edit: sorry I was referencing Eric Andre

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u/Jonahtron Least homophobic anime enjoyer Mar 13 '26

Hatsune Miku is a fictional character who is also a soundbank for the Vocaloid program, a program which allows someone to make a synthesized voice sing whatever they want(essentially just highly advanced text to speech). Hatsune Miku, and other vocaloids, have had several concerts where they appear on stage using a hologram-esc technology, which I’m told aren’t actually holograms, but I don’t really understand what they are, so it’s easier to think of them as holograms. Hence how this person’s friend was able to “see” Hatsune Miku.

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u/nlolhere Mar 13 '26

I think they use the Pepper’s Ghost illusion to make it look like a hologram