Virtual Celebrity: Difference between revisions

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So there's this new performer taking the entertainment world by storm. She's gorgeous, she's talented, she's got tons of fans... and she's not real. Well, not a flesh-and-blood human, anyway (whether that makes her not real is sometimes [[Do Androids Dream|debatable]]). She's some sort of program or AI, created specifically to be an actor, [[Idol Singer]], or what have you. Most often her artificial nature will be concealed from the world, though there's the occasional [[Cyberpunk]] or [[Post Cyber Punk]] setting where celebrities (sometimes, ''all'' celebrities, or at least the majority) are known to be virtual and nobody cares.

So there's this new performer taking the entertainment world by storm. She's gorgeous, she's talented, she's got tons of fans... and she's not real. Well, not a flesh-and-blood human, anyway (whether that makes her not real is sometimes [[Do Androids Dream?|debatable]]). She's some sort of program or AI, created specifically to be an actor, [[Idol Singer]], or what have you. Most often her artificial nature will be concealed from the world, though there's the occasional [[Cyberpunk]] or [[Post Cyber Punk]] setting where celebrities (sometimes, ''all'' celebrities, or at least the majority) are known to be virtual and nobody cares.

[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Any metaphors occurring to you]] about how celebrities are manufactured and marketed as products? Don't be such a cynic.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* The band Binky in ''[[Arthur]]''.

* Jem of ''[[Jem and The Holograms]]'' fame. Indeed, Jem doesn't even exist as a person in the show, she's actually Jerrica [[We Will Not Use Stage Make Up in The Future|disguised beyond recognition by means of Synergy's holographic projections]]. The thing that draws the line between virtual star and stage alias? No one but Jerrica's closest friends knows she is Jem. The people in that universe perceive Jem and Jerrica as two different entities.

* Jem of ''[[Jem and The Holograms]]'' fame. Indeed, Jem doesn't even exist as a person in the show, she's actually Jerrica [[We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in The Future|disguised beyond recognition by means of Synergy's holographic projections]]. The thing that draws the line between virtual star and stage alias? No one but Jerrica's closest friends knows she is Jem. The people in that universe perceive Jem and Jerrica as two different entities.

** Truly outrageous.

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** Have some [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_gBSWE_KYE&feature=related Kagamine twins] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmSoLpzhqUk&feature=related Megurine Luka].

** Hatsune Miku has already taken the next step, aka [[Character Celebrity Endorsement]], in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15PE7iGT0U Toyota Corolla Commercial] thanks to Toyota sponsoring her upcoming USA concert.

** And it looks like [[Megumi Nakajima|Gumi]] will be joining in the live performance fun soon, as demonstrated at the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Lf8o_CXOU Digital Content Expo] using [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Augmented_reality~~ Augmented Reality].

** And it looks like [[Megumi Nakajima|Gumi]] will be joining in the live performance fun soon, as demonstrated at the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Lf8o_CXOU Digital Content Expo] using [[wikipedia:Augmented reality|Augmented Reality]].

* Arguably the first real-life virtual idol is [http://www.wdirewolff.com/jkyoko.htm Kyoko Date], who enjoyed some popularity in the late '90s but was something of a one-hit wonder, releasing only one single.

** [[Gorillaz]] is considered most successful up to date.

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[[Category:Truth in Television]]

[[Category:Virtual Celebrity]]

[[Category:Trope]]