Virtual is the New Real - Virtual Idols
In September 2018 issue of British Vogue*, Miquela Sousa also called Lil Miquela reveals the gadgets that set her digital heart racing.
"I don’t think robots are better than humans [..]" Miquela post on IG
MIQUELA - Lilmiquela self labelled: forever 19 years old / LA / Robot / 1.4M followers on IG, where you can follow her life, read her diary and have a look at her campaign for Prada.
Miquela is an musician, find her music on Spotify** and applemusic.
If you're never heard of Miquela, she is a digital art project created by Trevor McFedries & Sara Decou : a computer-generated super model.
In the "robot family", I will only mention Sophia (activated in April 2015), the AI first robot in history to be declared citizen (of Saudi Arabia), as she is a physical (none virtual [and none organic!]) robot.
The phenomenon of Digital Artist is not New
Miku Hatsune -literally the first sound of the future- is a 16-year-old girl with long turquoise twintails. She is 16 years old since August 2007.
This sold-out concert pop singer is a computer generated hologram, and her voice is synthesized using a program called Vocaloid.
Miku is the protagonist of a manga series, have 100,000+ songs in 2011 to her name, Pharrell Williams made a remix of Livetune's song "Last night, Good night" featuring Hatsune Miku.
She performed a song "Sharing the world" on the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.
SHUDU - Shudu.gam (144k followers on IG) is said to be the World’s First Digital Supermodel.
Shudu and her friends Margot & Zhi join the virtual #balmainarmy in the main picture of this article.
Not just a pretty face
These models also have ideas, and support them.
BERMUDA - Bermudaisbae on Instagram self proclamed "going to be the most famous robot in the world", is community oriented. On IG, she is shown picking up trashes.
Fashion Brands are never far away, but she said she "serv[es] looks AND the community #community services''.
Miquela is a Black Lives Matter and LGBT militant.
Should we be reassured to have purpose driven 3D virtual artists and influencers? I can't help to question the frontier of reality, but not as I excepted.
Who are currently really Human?!
Director - Stichting Sunified Foundation - Sunified Group B.V.
6 年Adam Potter
A new virtual K pop girlsband by League of Legend #esports #leagueoflegends https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/tech/8483500/league-of-legends-virtual-k-pop-girl-group-kda-music-esports
Women of the Future Top 100 - Business Advisor - Speaker - Creator
6 年Haha, virtual models can’t act like 90’s supermodel divas ”show me more money or I don’t even get up from the bed!”
Producer at Ensō Screen, developing engaging screen projects. Member: SPA and AACTA
6 年What standards apply to CGI in terms of creating role models? The unhealthily thin faces of the 'avatars' on the left and right are not displaying high cheekbones but are exceptionally bad examples for girls and young women.?