Abba reunited, first new album in 40 years, new virtual tour
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Frant
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PostPosted: Sat, 4th Sep 2021 00:48    Post subject: Abba reunited, first new album in 40 years, new virtual tour


Skip to 1:30 if you want to watch the really cool tech they're using to "virtualize" the members to look like they did back in 1979 with some of the most advanced techniques to date (at least in this scale). The fact that the band has reunited and recorded a new album is in itself world news-worthy but I was mostly impressed with the little we get to see of their virtual avatars for the tour. They're also building a new ABBA arena in London for this occasion which is nuts.


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vurt




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PostPosted: Sat, 4th Sep 2021 08:26    Post subject:
Looks like pretty standard motion capture. They show extremely little of it too, if it was something amazing they'd show more.

2:38'ish, is that really something you want to show lol..
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Frant
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PostPosted: Sun, 5th Sep 2021 11:23    Post subject:
Obviously they're not going to spoil the premiere of the show in the ABBA arena being built in the UK by showing it all in a video which is basically a teaser. I do think the CGI of the members is pretty damn good (state of the art imho) and better than anything I've seen in movies so far.

As for the two songs released, they didn't really do much for me although it's always slightly magical to hear those two ladies sing together in the choruses which has a very unique sound when they sing in in harmonies. For being 70+ they still sound good.


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