VIDEO: Tupac Performs at Coachella

Tuesday, 17 April 2012 | by Pat's Picks

Dr. Dre had a surprising guest when he took the stage at Coachella music festival in California this weekend: Tupac. Yes, the rapper, who died 15 years ago, “performed” next to Snoop Dogg and Dre. So how’d they do that? They used a sort of hologram, made by the same company that created a fake Brad Pitt for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” It was such a success now there’s talk of virtual Tupac going on tour.

The Wall Street Journal looks into the technology behind the stunt, which is actually not a hologram but a technology from the 1870s. Scroll all the way down to see Sunday’s performance:

Also, it’s Tupac, Snoop and Dre—needless to say the video is probably NSFW: