The ghostly resurrection of Tupac Shakur last weekend at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was certainly not the first time hologram technology was used to blend the virtual and physical worlds together.
Even though, digitally creating people, characters and scenarios is not an entirely new frontier, I still couldn’t help but think, as virtual technologies become more immersive, how exciting the possibilities are for G.3 when merging the virtual and real worlds.
Some ideas for G.3 scenarios quickly came to mind:
- Former friends-turned-rivals Tupac and Biggie Smalls reconcile to perform on stage together; which brings us to the idea of bringing back any performer who has passed and can now perform live with any still living performer or group. At the top of my wish list would be Freddie Mercury.
- Safely and ethically integrate the domain of warfare (with armies, navies and so on from all eras) into G.3 competitions. Virtual technologies could also pit historically accurate and fictional military units against each other.
- Pitting the all-time teams (of all sports and eras) against each other to help settle questions of who and which teams are the best of all-time.
- Integrating past all-time teams and players into current G.3 play.
- Playing out alternate histories that affect the outcome of G.3 competitions.
- Enable the extension of video games into the physical world.
