Ozzy Osbourne to Be Immortalized as Interactive AI Hologram Through HYPERREAL Partnership
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Margaret Farrell
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Summary
Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne announced at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas that they have partnered with HYPERREAL to create an interactive AI hologram of the late Ozzy Osbourne. The life-sized digital avatar, configured using Ozzy's "digital DNA" including voice, image, and movement, is set to appear in the US and UK later this summer. The article expresses a tone of unease about the technology, noting Jack Osbourne's comment that the accuracy of the hologram is "kind of scary."
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the digital DNA of Ozzy Osbourne, voice, image [and] movement
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