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Make a DIY 3D "Hologram" Like the One That Brought Tupac Back to Life

Bob Sorokanich
5/10/14 1:00pm
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Holograms are super cool, but they're hard to make at home. Pepper's Ghost, on the other hand, is a relatively simple 19th century optical trick that looks like a 3D hologram and brought a very dead Tupac Shakur back to the stage. And Joey Shanks is here to show us how to rig up a system to bring Pepper's (or Tupac's)…

Holograms of Dead Famous People: Yay or Nay?

Leslie Horn
11/05/12 2:40pm
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Tupac performed as a hologram alongside Snoop Dogg Lion at Coachella. The Republican party has created a Reagan hologram. And now TLC wants to resurrect the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in hologram form for a reunion tour.

This Is How the Tupac Hologram That Wasn't Really a Hologram Worked

Casey Chan
4/18/12 1:40pm
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We already knew that the Tupac Hologram wasn't really a hologram but actually just a modern regurgitation of the old mid-19th century trick known as "Pepper's Ghost". If you were confused on how that illusion worked, be confused no more! Here it is.

R2-D2 Has a Very Important Message from Hologram Tupac

Michael Hession
4/18/12 10:47am
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It was only a matter of time, I suppose. But here it is, the two most revered moments in hologram history, combined to form one glorious internet video. Luke and Obi-Wan seem awfully confused by Tupac's message. I guess rap doesn't translate intergalactically? [YouTube via Reddit]

Conan Had Hologram Rappers Before It Was Cool

Michael Hession
4/17/12 10:17am
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While the internet was busy drooling over the appearance of a hologram Tupac at Coachella yesterday, a certain late night talk show host was not so happy. Conan O'Brien proved last night that he, in fact, was the first to utilize the technology. Not only that, he actually employed the hologram. That is one…

Tupac Hologram Wasn't a Hologram

Sam Biddle
4/17/12 9:43am
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Oh Pac, you've duped us once again. It turns out that disquieting hologram burning its way across Coachella and the entire internet wasn't an actual hologram at all: just a reflection using a 19th century magician's tricks.

Hologram Creator Explains How a $400,000 Tupac Came To Be

Jamie Condliffe
4/17/12 3:37am
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The video of a dead Tupac Shakur rapping on stage at Coachella is really quite amazing. Now, the creator of the hologram has explained to MTV how he brought the rapper back to life.

Watch a Dead Tupac Perform As a Hologram at Coachella

Casey Chan
4/16/12 9:15am
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If you were curious as to how a dead Tupac and Nate Dogg were going to "perform" at Coachella, well, here it is. Not looking a day over 25, the digitally created Tupac Shakur hologram acknowledged the Coachella crowd and rapped two of his songs.

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