Hatsune Miku, Vocaloid: Computer Generated Virtual Singing Doll

Xah Lee, 2011-12-06, 2012-01-07

The original source of the image might be: Source www.pixiv.net.

Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is a 16-years-old girl character representing a singing vocal synthesizer Vocaloid, developed by Yamaha.

Hatsune Miku Concert in Tokyo

Here's her concert, in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan and Technology of Hatsune Miku

Following is a video (13 min) in Japanese introducing her and the technology. You get to see Japanese people, city, Miku's singing, 3D modeling technology, and fandom.

Hatsune Miku Singing in English

LOL. At least she's in tune.

Her singing doesn't sound that good now, but it'll probably beat any human soon.

Hatsune Miku Singing Elfen Lied

Here's Miku sining Lilum, a song in Latin.

Compare the singing to real humans, see: Kumiko Noma - Lilium (Elfen Lied).

Hatsune Miku reminds me of a sci-fi anime story Macross Plus, where a computer AI produced female entertainer, represented as a hologram, became a galactic pop idol. See: Sharon Apple - Information High (Macross Plus).

Thanks to Gwern Branwen, wizardgynoid for tips.