ABBA returns. After 40 years since their separation, the historic group has announced a return with style and definitely in tune with the times: in addition to having already released two new songs, the Swedish band has opened a profile on TikTok and has announced Voyage , a scheduled tour. by 2022 during which Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid will dance and sing in the form of holograms so that we discover what the technology is like that will allow us to enjoy Abba on stage.
Abba returns in the form of a hologram: This is the technology that rejuvenates you and that will take you on tour
As stated by the group, Abba will perform on various stages around the world throughout 2022 , but they will not physically appear in front of the audience, instead we will have to settle for seeing their virtual representations that will be exactly as they were when they were in the peak of your success. In fact, they will be three-dimensional representations made in computer graphics and animated using the motion capture technique.
How the holographic ABBAs on tour work
The principle is the same behind many 3D animated characters that populate film productions and television series, a technique already used previously to create holograms of deceased music stars such as Michael Jackson or Whitney Houston and thus be able to see them again on stage.
The technique begins with a team of animators who create a three -dimensional model of the desired character; However, the model is not animated at the table by predetermining its movements, but is linked to the performance of each of the Abba members . All this is possible by making the singer in question wear a special costume , designed to copy and recreate the movements of the body, limbs, joints and face and at the same time, that everything is recorded by video cameras that can detect what the people are doing. musicians and capture the movements of each one on the virtual model that will represent them.
The first concert
The garment in question are precisely the black jumpsuits with colored spots in which the members of the group were shown in the promotional material of the tour that you see in the photo above. Dressed in this way, ABBA recorded all the songs and movements that their virtual “versions” will perform during the concerts, so that the animators can upload all the material in advance to the digital models. During the concerts, the audio and video will be played at the right time using special projectors that will give the audience the illusion of seeing and hearing the group on stage. The first appointment is already scheduled for May 27 in London, in a specially designed venue with 3,000 seats for the occasion.
