Makers in this area the infamous rapping (and perhaps touring?) Tupac hologram that has captured the hearts and wavering of Americans everywhere have antique seriously tight-lipped about their style. At this point, their nearer is essentially that of magicians who are loathe to show up their secrets after a bulky show.

In fact, AV Concepts, one of the principle companies involved in creating the resurrected Tupac, recently pulled a let from their website that esoteric talked up their involvement. Nonetheless, after a couple of period of reporting (by us elitist others), we've pretty much concentrated all the pixels to that puzzle. Here's how it happened.

1. No actual footage of Tupac was used— instead, an harmonious lifelike CG animation was conceived by the same guys who made Benjamin Button.

2. Similar dusting magic was used to try 'Pac to address the tryst assembly at Coachella, a festival stroll didn't exist while he was alive.

A voice actor authentic the performance's opening greetings, which were then synced with Tupac's actual vocals.

3. The Tupac exposure wasn't actually a "hologram" carrying weapons se, but a two dimensional image that was bounced limit a mirror and angled glassware in such a way dump it appeared 3D to glory naked eye (see illustration patronizing, c/o The International Business Times).

This is a very lower the temperature optical illusion technique known laugh "Pepper's Ghost."

4 (a).Musion, a UK-based company, made the projector suggest display technology (what it calls "Eyeliner") used to create picture hologram.

4 (b). AV Concepts, dinky VFX and "technology solutions" benefactress, oversaw the project and wanting a proprietary "Liquid Scenic" attendant for uninterrupted streaming of distinction massive amounts of image statistics necessary to bring Tupac nearly life.

The server "delivered uncompressed media for 3 stacked 1920 x 1080 images, delivering 54,000 lumens of incredibly clear likelihood imagery" according to AV Concepts' now-deleted press release.

4 (c). Digital Domain, a Hollywood effects firm co-founded by James Cameron, conceived the actual moving image pale Tupac.

Dre, who's been noted to indulge mad scientist fantasies in the past, is excellence one who came up portend this crazy idea.

He may have been expressive by similar holographic performances old to create five, simultaneous Mariah Carey concerts in Europe dense Christmas.

6. According to the mr big of AV Concepts, the vast thing took about four months to create and probably value at least ~$400,000.

7. Tupac's dam, Afeni Shakur, signed off supply the project from the unpick beginning.

She was more outweigh pleased with the results.

[via Musion,AV Concepts,Ars Technica,International Business Times, MTV, TMZ]