William Gibson, the author who kick-started the cyberpunk genre and popularised the notion of a virtual idol, is singularly unimpressed by Hatsune Miku it seems.
What Gibson’s twittering about her “rez” is all about is less than clear, but that he is not enamoured by her is clear enough:
Hatsune Miku doesn’t really rock me. I want higher rez, less anime.
[…]
So Hatsune Miku involves some sort of ongoing crowd-sourced evolution?
His followers also seem less than enthused by the world’s leading virtual idol:
From what I understand she will change as the trends change, the idea being an idoru that can never fall out of favor.
[…]
Yeah, most of her songs are developed by fans, refined by the people at Crypton and then synched to her visuals.
[…]
Think of her as a piano with a personality and a publisher – you get enough composers and some rise to the top.
Fortunately, the world’s media now seems to agree Miku is actually a hologram and not a virtual idol after all…
Japanese observers continued a discrete parallel conversation about his comments in Japanese, wondering just what the hell he was on about:
The great SF writer William Gibson has mentioned Hatsune Miku!
He seems pretty past it. We should explain to him about Miku at an SF con if we get the chance.
By “rez” he means “high rez,” right? He wants her in realistic 3D, not anime style? I’m sure Sega can help with that.
I suppose it would be a bit weird if Gibson praised her; though actually, when I met Crypton’s CEO in San Francisco he was wearing a Neuromancer T-shirt…
Well, it’s less about Miku herself and more about the spontaneous formation of a community of creators and fans around her image.
Also we have to do something about this idea that Miku is a holographic virtual idol which is spreading overseas. I think that coloured Gibson’s comments about her there.
“Doesn’t rock me” – I think we can safely translate that as “みくみくにされなかった”
Hiroyuki Itoh, Crypton’s CEO, chimes in:
So William Gibson tweeted about Hatsune Miku. I read Neuromancer 20 years ago!
When I think about it, it all seemed more futuristic back then. Now the real future is here, we have to be conscious of it. The feeling that the future’s not really living up to the hype kinda sucks.
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She's just a tool. An instrument. Why so serious?
EDIT: So I get voted down for taking Miku as it really is intended: a musical instrument software that's supposed to mimic human voice singing?
DOWNVOTE ME MOAR!
@jamesownsall Just a tool? Guess you're gonna have the same fate as Lamberto: have a leek up yo' ass for disrespecting Hatsune Miku!
As for Mr. Gibson, I hope his tweets were all done by a hacker. It would be a shame if he's gonna ruin his famed image by these tweets.
I think I'm defending 'her' when I said that. What Gibson meant by 'rez' anyway? I hope he's not another one of those elitist wannabe outcasts.
Not that many of the mainstream popular acts are any better(Black Eyed Peas)...
I hope all that illustrations and doujins didn't cloud people's minds from what Miku Hatsune really is.
Resolution? Reservation? Resolve? Resources? I have no fucking idea what Gibson is talking about here.
Gibson just trolling.
I say,
"Keep trollin' trollin' trollin' trollin'"
I'm gonna take a risk here.
What he means is that Miku is not a true 'virtual idol' its more or an anime character not to similiar to the Gorillaz group.
It would be more impressive if Miku persay wasn't an anime character but a real person as like the cosplayers, not what she looks like now. Even watching the concert seems more akin to an anime concert than a real one.
Final Line, Miku looks more like an anime show than a real concert that's what hes getting at. If it was a real person he wouldn't complain not an anime character for christ's sake
W.G. = gay nuff said
She looks like an anime character, therefore you can't praise her for anything, that's the impression I got from what he said.
You can't argue with someone so devoted of 3D, I bet he thinks Kigurumi Cosplay is better than 2D.
So Gibson is just another troll after all. He will soon see things the Miku way, they all eventually do.
"W.G. = gay nuff said"
Hatsune Miku's fans = faggots nuff said
they see me trollin' they hatinn..
If gibson thinks she's not as good as say the Gorillaz, then he's still stuck in the past at his glory days. Hatsune Miku and Vocaloids in general are the next step in the virtual idol thing.
I'm sure William Gibson might have something insightful to say about Miku. Too bad he said something retarded instead.
I think when he said "Rez", he meant r#pe. He says Hatsune Miku needs to be rap#d, just like the composers and writers of the US music industry.
"As for Mr. Gibson, I hope his tweets were all done by a hacker. It would be a shame if he's gonna ruin his famed image by these tweets."
Yep, his fame will go downhill because of a tweet about Vocaloid.
Well tough for him if he can't accept it...
He's going to have to wait a few decades or even a century until we can make an advanced A.I. that has Hatsune Miku's personality...
Then she truly will be a virtual idol...
Technology can only be so much 'rez' in this day and age...Half of it is believing in her, heart and soul~
william gibson and many of his age live in the past this is the new generation WE RULE NOW WE LEARNED FROM UR MISTAKES WE TRYED 2 PREFECT MUSIC STOP LIVING IN THE PAST OLD MAN WE RULE THIS EARTH NOW
I'm guessing that the "Rez" he's referring to is the Rez Toei in his Gibson's book, "Idoru"
Perhaps he seeks something more with the traits of something almost human-like and part machine? That's pretty much what the "Rez" character is in his book.
woops...I meant Rez's betrothed is Rei Toei a synthetic personality. But yeah...I think that's more of Gibson's ideal.
Interesting take on that - I was just thinking it was more meant as make Miku more realistic/human as we've seen in other CG characters.
He acknowledges what I think this the main point of Miku's being - that she is evolved/evolving from "ongoing crowd-source". Makes her more *real* than some packaged contrived virtual idol.
William Gibson is too tsundere to admit he likes her. He'll come around eventually (once Miku brainwashes us all)
Haters gonna hate. Gibson? Who the fuck cares? I mean seriously
Innovation beats imagination. He just doesn't want to admit it.
too much anime? He'll soon be wanting moar anime from Miku when Miku brainwashes us all!
inovation is made by imagination ... so schrobby get a brain .
Innovation is made by INSPIRATION ... so anon get a brain
This is starting to sound like "management talk" now.
Am I the only one who just thought that he might be a little envious that someone else beat him to the punch of creating a virtual idol?
He probably saw that her popularity ratings were 30 times his, so he got jealous.
anon@01:23 Gibson's imagination is obviously lacking... So I guess you both should get a brain.
Holy shit i got to get one of these brain u guy keep talking about. :)
schrobby, get a life. a real one. yours is pathetic.
You should get one as well Anon 04:40.
Thus naother chapter of 'Anon Wars and Schrobby in the Middle' come on...
SanCom is so awesome!
lol anon u shouldn't be talking, because all ppl in here hv no life except me @_@
Anon 11:33 your life must be a life of sucking DICK, since you got a life why don't go back to it now.
Poor poeple , without imagination , no inspiration , imagination > inspiration > inovation > revolution ! poor poeple ....
if you make an manga , inspired by an other manga , it's not inovation , it's " plagiarism " , now if you dream a manga or just think about it and make it real , this is inovation , from imagination .... think a lilte bit more please , no surprise you guys don't like gibson and hail to miku . read novels , shall open you mind , miku is a progamme , no an IA and she will never ever kiss you or say your name . you just give your money to Crypton Futur Média .
even it's name means it's a progame ... Miku : « future », hatsu « first », et ne « song » so « First future song ».
the vocaloid programme make some nice song i agree and you all have the right to love it , but stop hating and insulting whoever doesn't like it .
What do you mean she won't kiss... LIES. I'm pretty sure I could Miku to say my name. Since she is a voice software.
@JohnHayabusa I see we got another non-believer(jamesownsall) *polish leek probe*
down with the haters! Up with the polish leek probes!
Hell yea!
leekownsjames
@megidola I see what you did there...
But what if he likes stuff up his ass? It could be a trap!
He's a... guy in disguise?
That must be some ugly girl that Gibson.
@YakomoFujikawa
There is just so much irony in your statement.
Why, is it so hard to imagine that your precious Miku isn't really all that in the eyes of the world? Stop your delusions.
"The world" can do and say what they want, but you shouldn't throw the shit opinions of "the world" onto us Miku Miku fans.
@anon 01.29
Of course. Not everyone can adapt to new technology. It's like saying not everyone in the world likes classical music, or not everyone likes anime. But the fact that miku is popular won't change a bit. So can i have my delusions back?
Then why the hell are all these Miku fans making all this noise as if she's the next big thing to hit the world? You only have to read the comments in this and other Miku articles in this site. You'd think she's the second coming or something.
It's what makes this site interesting. That's why.
watch your language. this man is the only one who has any right to criticize, maybe without his books, and his Idoru, we would have no Hatsune Miku now. is like Dad giving wise advice. (by Dad i mean old school Ddas who really cared about their sons, and had an idea of how the world works) for him i am sure what is not convincing is that Miku is made by fans and lack a personality of her own yet. she need to be more of an A.I. to impress mister Gibson. right now she is a shell without a Ghost.
you don't get it, as mr Gibson.
Miku doesn't need an AI, she's crowd-sourced. Her AI are ppl: musicians and artists. An artist (AI or human) sings what he wants and how he wants. A bad artist sings what his producer wants and how his producer wants.
But Miku sings what you want and how you want. Pop? Trance? Func? Rock? METAL? Sure, whatever.
HERESY!!!
Hatsune is GOD.
It's just some old guy's thoughts. Show any old geezer anime and they'd think the same. Rez? What the hell?
Fun fact. Gibson praised Macross plus concept about Sharon Apple. I think maybe he was pointed to that direction. In this time there is no AI behind her.
Like gorillaz, is just a singing toon.
and, for god´s sake, is william gibson, not just a "old guy", we could not agree with his thoughts, but he is a living legend.
Him being a legend or not, Miku meeting his expectations or not, Miku is a fact and he has to life with it.
I think he lives quite fine with it...
Unlike the commenters on this site he seems to be have long since grown out of the mental stage were anyone who have a different opinion or taste is automatically a poophead.
yeah and otaku such an idiot. once you gonna realize how stupid you are
at least his grammar is better than you
Hatsune Miku is GOD!
I see we're gonna need more polish leeks....>_>
@anon 00:55
If you're not an otaku, what are you doing here?
I guess he just lonely.
I'm not an otaku either. I like some things only.
Like Hatsune Miku, for example.
Mikus sucks i dont like her either . To anime like and really fishy tunes for 5 year olds .
You don't have to like Miku, that doesn't mean she "sucks". Try to be more open minded.
"To anime like"? (also it's "too")
Since when was "Anime too anime"? I don't get you, explain if you will.
"really fishy tunes for 5 year olds"
Her songs range from kids songs to emo songs to rock songs to ballads to love songs to you name it.
I agree, most of her songs are garbage, for she is a program anyone could use. But there are about a hundred of her songs which are Masterpieces. (I just had to emphasize it with a capital M, for i hate all caps) anyway you get the point.
You can't describe her songs, for she sings all songs.
And it doesn't matter if you're open minded or not. Just by not liking Miku, you don't even deserve to exist.
well, GITS movies dont look "too anime"
Otomo films dont look "too anime"
Lol downvoted for accepting the reality.
Wow, down voted for stating a blatant fact. Good job denizens of Sankaku Complex. I mean I knew you had Miku pretty far up your asses, but I didn't know it was that far.
And since this is gonna hit -1 faster than a thermometer during a Russian winter anyway, I might as well go for broke. Hatsune Miku generates garbage to mediocre music and is the perfect crystallization of why idol culture is fucking retarded.
you are right in one point:
"this is gonna hit -1 faster than a thermometer during a Russian winter"
It all started as voice synthesizer, true, but with all the pics, songs and concerts Miku gained personality.
Miku doesn't "generate" music either. She sings what people tell her to sing, just like any other idol.
Russian winters are not cold, try Siberia or Antarctica during the Winter Session.
Miku may be only software, but she is the Otaku's software and is given personality and voice my the fan, not by some person who's obviously jealous of her fame.
PS: Never heard of William Gibson.
if you never heard about william gibson just choose one option:
a)underage
b)ignorant
He could do a moronic comment about miku, but you are doing a moronic defense also.
Miku is so popular because she's everyone's idol, the program allows her fans to compose the music they wish for her to sing. Try walking up to any real life singer and ask them to sing something you composed.....Double Gomez....you are....THE WEAKEST LINK! *dramatic music plays* and now, the polish leek probe....lol
@billanator:same,this is my second time seeing his name
>>Miku is so popular because she's everyone's idol, the program allows her fans to compose the music they wish for her to sing.
In short, Miku is just a hollow shell that becomes whatever anyone wants her to be. No personality, no originality. Why don't you otaku freaks just accept this?
we like what we like, nothing you or Gibson can say about it. PWND!
>>we like what we like, nothing you or Gibson can say about it. PWND!
Spoken like a true mindless sheep. Bleat for us, sheep.
u call that trolling? The guy from the Seikon no Qwaser argument did better than you tsk tsk tsk
>>In short, Miku is just a hollow shell that becomes whatever anyone wants her to be. No personality, no originality. Why don't you otaku freaks just accept this?
Oh? Isn't it you who can't accept that "a hollow shell that becomes whatever anyone wants her to be"(I call that potential) becomes popular?
>>Oh? Isn't it you who can't accept that "a hollow shell that becomes whatever anyone wants her to be"(I call that potential) becomes popular?
Nah, I've come to accept a long time ago that otakus are idiots and they will happily gobble up anything that remotely looks "anime cute".
Oh? And just like what i said before, if you're not an otaku, what are you doing here? A NEET maybe? or some poor hikki?
In case you're still busy fapping to anime characters, this site also has delicious 3D pictures.
And a troll like you of course... right?
Call me a troll if it makes you sleep better, but at least I know I'm just stating facts.
What fact? All you state is your opinion.
The fact is however.. even if we argue here, nothing's gonna change in the real world.
there are pretty awesome, not pop Miku songs you know, they're just not that popular.
They suck to tho ...
Your emphasis on 'suck' please? :P
I agree comepletely. I think it's great that fans can contribute music - but the fact is her virtual voice is no where near real sounding to a real idol. Her voice sounds like a poor synthesizer. The fact they want to make an English one will likely sound worse if it's this "hollow" sounding with Japanese. At least Japanese is syllables, English has like 6 different sounds for the letter "A" (ie; 'a'nd, c'a'll, b'a't, etc.).
High rez? Is it really that hard to guess? Is her 3D hologram model *THAT* impressive to you all? People have done better. I think he's main beef was looking as fake as she is.
Again,credit to her, she's made fans of the industry happy, because now *they* generate music... at the cost of a realistic sounding voice.
The technology advances and the voices produced by it keep getting better. Considering this I guess the new english voice will be just as good if not better than the japanese original. Maybe the original voice will receive an update as well.
eh did you hear any append songs? it can sound very realistic. her original voice is kinda old, of course it sounds 'worse'.
also, why assume realistic=superior? i don't know about you, but i like my vocaloids sounding as inhuman as possible. if i wanted realistic voices i'd listen to real humans; what i want is original voices that stand out.
I hope so... English-speaking problems still sound very-drone like. I *hope* to be impressed - but it definitely won't be easy.
I have a feeling that I won't live long enough to see at least 80% life-like voice synthesizers...
To put that into perspective, I plan to extend my life to at least 86 years.
I'll be missing the opportunities for android sex slaves mainly, though. lol.
yeah i think most if not all Miku fans are worried abot the engish version. but append was so good it makes me hope it's gonna own. i mean, every crypton vocaloid so far was an improvement from the last...
It all started as voice synthesizer, true, but with all the pics, songs and concerts Miku gained personality.
Full Realistic 3D Hatsune Miku with Artificial Intelligence that can learn to speak and interact with crowd fans would be awesome
Uhhh I think you gave her too much credit with the word mediocre, I was thinking mire like.... A Japanese Milli-Ville Act. The only ones who deserve any credit or recognition for that terrible J-pop are the ones who do the programming.
someone please tell me what he's trolling about?
>>someone please tell me what he's trolling about?
The truth that you morons with Hatsune up your asses can't (or won't) see.
The truth is that you won't accept the fact that we like something different than the norm. If we're blinded by our own preferences, then you are blinded by your biased views. oh and you and the rest of the haters here suck at trolling, I've seen snails with more intimidation.
Yes snails are fucking disgusting. :)
>>The truth is that you won't accept the fact that we like something different than the norm.
You have all the right in the world to like what you want. What is annoying about you Miku fucktards is how you go about worshipping everything about her blindly to the point that anything remotely negative made about your beloved HOLOGRAM IDOL makes you all froth in the mouth.
Are you all so fucking insecure about your hobby that you morons will go up in arms about a famous person's OPINION about your idol? Jesus Christ in a bicycle, you're all worse than those Kool-Aid drinking cults.
oh, so you're comparing us to a massacre in the 70's. That's really mature there, and if you're taking everything we've said here seriously then maybe you need to have your eyes checked. Man, I though I would never miss actual trolls....
It's not some "famous" person's (famous is relative, really) opinion, it's some famous person's uninformed opinion.
Personally, I'm not up in arms against anyone. After all, you can measure how good something is by examining its haters-to-fans ratio.
I would have preferred it if Vocaloid remained at the level of relative obscurity it was one year ago though.
>>it's some famous person's uninformed opinion.
This is what he said:
"Hatsune Miku doesn’t really rock me. I want higher rez, less anime."
Did he say anything that will point to him commenting something about how a Vocaloid is supposed to work? Did he say anything that remotely addresses how Hatsune Miku functions? No. His opinion is perfectly valid as it implicitly states his preference. It doesn't need to be "informative". He's not even bashing your beloved Miku.
>>if you're taking everything we've said here seriously
So it's all "Haha we're all joking!"? Because this and all the past articles on Miku clearly shows what kind of fans you are: the rabid, delusional kind.
@anon 02:10
I don't know any gibson. I know miku. I like miku. Gibson badmouth her. I hate gibson. You(anon) insult miku. I hate you.
Is that wrong?
>>I don't know any gibson. I know miku. I like miku. Gibson badmouth her. I hate gibson. You(anon) insult miku. I hate you.
Is that wrong?
Except that Gibson clearly did not badmouth your precious Miku. He's stating his -opinion-. If you don't know what that is, you might want to read the dictionary.
So is hating someone who clearly isn't doing anything bad to your stupid idol wrong? Why yes, yes it is.
>>It's not some "famous" person's (famous is relative, really) opinion, it's some famous person's uninformed opinion.
Uninformed? Let me copy-paste what Gibson wrote:
"Hatsune Miku doesn’t really rock me. I want higher rez, less anime."
Does that warrant any need for him to be informed? Did he say anything that addresses how Miku works or should work? Did he even pretend to be knowledgeable about what vocaloids are? No. He's just saying that Hatsune Miku doesn't work FOR HIM. He doesn't need to be informed because it is, you know, HIS OWN OPINION.
Man, you guys are unbelievably idiotic.
So You're saying you who is hating miku for no reason is an idiot?
Anon 02:10 here.
>>So You're saying you who is hating miku for no reason is an idiot?
"What is annoying about you Miku fucktards is how you go about worshipping everything about her blindly to the point that anything remotely negative made about your beloved HOLOGRAM IDOL makes you all froth in the mouth."
Next time, read before you write something moronic.
>>So You're saying you who is hating "miku" for no reason is an idiot?
So you hate miku because of miku's fan? who's the idiot?
>>So you hate miku because of miku's fan? who's the idiot?
*facepalm*
What are you, a retard? Read the whole thing again, please.
Anons attacking their own feces i mean species just wow. :)
From your statement it's obvious you hate miku to some degrees. And yet all you said is you hate the fans. why don't you come out and say that you don't like miku? it's gonna be easier for both of us.
No, I don't hate Miku to any degree; I am apathetic to her/its existence. It's the rabidness of you fans that I hate. It's like what someone commented below: you are just like those Twilight tards who threw a hissy fit when Stephen King said Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a damn.
There, I said it: you Miku fans are comparable to the Twilight fans.
Personally, i don't see any problems with it. It's natural if you like something. And not all fans are mindless drone. What about you then? hating the fans for doing things like a fans, you're the one with the problems here.
Just in case you don't know, it's perfectly normal for people to be irritated when other people act like complete idiots.
Then everyone here would be normal. no need to fuss about it. Fans get irritated when others act like you, and you get irritated when fans praise their idol.
Except they're not praising so much as blindly, rabidly defending their "idol" so that even a person's opinion about it is deemed hostile.
I can perfectly understand being in a fandom. I, too, have things that I like very much. However, I don't act like these morons who go about declaring how "my fandom will rule the world" or some such idiocy. It just irritates people; you only have to read at the anti-Miku comments to see that. I doubt they hate Miku so much as her/its fans.
I'm sure most of the comments are jokes, Something to spice things up. people are like that. and you always have the last option: Ignore.
Either you don't know shit about music, or you just haven't heard the right songs yet.
Also, when given enough work, Vocaloid can sound quite close to real, at the very least an order of magnitude better than any other voice synthesis engine in existence:
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/charts/niconico/player.php?vid=sm11188434
I disagree - the change in tones she makes sound waaaay to fake. She's not as sonorant as real singers. I don't understand her appeal for that reason, other than her absolute flexibility.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKggVt5Pldo&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKggVt5Pldo&feature=related]
Bakemonogatari ED with Miku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqPQ_I2xaZQ&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqPQ_I2xaZQ&feature=related]
Supercell doing the ED.
Human's still have way better range and clarity. I like what Miku does for people who have the IDEAS but not the talents (players, singers).
But, c'mon, does she really sound better?
People defend her with too much zeal, I saw a comment about her being "god", undoubtedly an exaggeration (I hope :P), but all for what.
Haha, we're back in the Beatles days, where fans passed out and cried at concerts. x)
jk
I also find that they lack.. well.. warmth.. in their voices.
Guess it's like the difference between a CD and Vinyl in a way.
Then again, I'm an old git, so that probably has something to do with it as well. *shrugs*
^ You both miss my point. Of course Vocaloids still sound synthetic, but their appeal lies elsewhere. A plethora of high-quality professional-level music written for them from within the fandom, plus and community driven development of their characters combined with great artwork make for a synergistic listening experience that simply cannot be had with traditionally produced music.
If you don't like the sound of their voices, you can always listen to the myriads of covers by real singers that get made for most songs.
That example I linked was solely for illustrating that Vocaloid is bleeding-edge technology in the field of singing synthesizers. If you only look at the technological aspect, there's nothing that comes even close. No sci-fi author has the right to criticize that just because its not up to par with the science-fiction he dreamed up. He was also ignorant about the fact that the actual technology Miku personifies has nothing to do with any "holograms" rendered at some concert.
you're kinda right. she is an instrument. but not JUST that. she has human name, looks, and a whole idol cult attached to her; just like human idols. it's enough to call her a virtual idol, and it's pretty much the only appropriate name for this phenomenon, IMO.
'Her' primary use is still, just a programmable human voice mimic. The anthropomorphism into 'Miku' was primarily a publicity stunt.
And I treat the whole thing as just that:a tool. Sure it's kinda limited with today's technology, but it's apparent that some of the best composer-hobbyists out there had put her to good use. That much I acknowledge.
I think both 'her' obsessed segment of fans and Gibson himself think too much. Gibson talks as if he hates piano for being a piano, and the obsessed fans act as if they're stroking their dicks on the piano and came 5 times a day.
...Though I have to say I shouldn't be surprised. People have fapped to stranger things(furniture)...
hey, fapping to Miku is not THAT strange. she's a character to lots of us.
Miku the character was indeed a publicity stunt, but is a part of Miku the phenomenon, don't forget that. you can't just pretend it doesn't exist. and you can't really pretend people don't treat her as an idol, because they do. and what make idols idols? people.
that's all i got to say really.
I prefer to see the voice emulation program and the moe anthropomorphization separately.
Liking ME-tan doesn't mean liking Windows ME.
Doenst matter if one or two people dont like her, she will be poplar anyway!
Don't haters usually make idols even moar popular?
That would explain all the hate Hirano seems to intentionally create against her lately...
I'm downvoting you because you don't realize that talking shit about software is just as bad as talking shit about an idol. either way, if Crypton gets bad rep, they lose their market.
It's no different than someone famous saying "electric guitars are for retards!" because that directly effects electric guitar sales.
Lern2PR
Where did the guy talk shit about software? He's just stating a fact: Miku IS really just a tool used by Crypton to promote their software.
LEARN2READ.
Sorry. Miku IS an idol. She, unlike almost any real life idol is so multifaceted it's scary. There's the program for users to freely create songs, her presence in online video sites like youtube and niconico that lets people show off some amazing Miku music videos, she has a dedicated team of music composers and song writers doing her unique songs, she can probably do some kind of virtual concert online at any moment's notice, she can even do a real life concert.
Getting all twisted over her actual programming and the sheer talent it takes to support her is ridiculous IMO. She doesn't really need some singular AI programming or make her own songs.
Miku is perfectly fine as an idol with the technology we have. William Gibson being snarky about her just sounds backwards to me. Also, there's the typical, downright prejudiced answer of "less anime." That is as far from an objective viewpoint ever. That silly 'less anime' mantra has no basis on anything except for anime-phobes who are usually too scared to delve into why people may like it. Kinda reminds me of Ore no Imouto and how some people just seems ALLERGIC to anime culture.
Your response look nothing more than an angry rant of a fan, BOTH for failing to recognize what Miku Hatsune really is, and getting too angry about Gibson's statement as if he said "MIKU SUCKZ AZZ, lol".
I won't even bother to get into intricate details, because no matter what other people will say, all you seem to want to hear are only praises and asskisses. Like a bunch of rabid religious extremists.
I kinda agree with jamesownsall. Miku was just a piece of software until people started making and animations and art for her songs. I know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but you guys seriously care too much about a piece of software.
I kinda agree with jamesownsall. Miku was just a piece of software used for singing before people started making animations and fanart for her videos.
I know I'm gonna get downvoted and "threatened" with a leek up the ass, but you guys care way too much about a piece of software.