Watch Holograms of Janelle Monae and M.I.A. Perform Duets Cities Apart

NEW YORK CITY — Soulful singer Janelle Monae bounced around at SIR Stage37 alongside rapper M.I.A. during a performance of "Bad Girls," though, like magic, Monae digitally teleported from one end of the tiny stage to the other end.

The New Yorkers in the crowd, many holding smartphones above their heads to record the night's electrifying finale number, weren't seeing Monae in the flesh. They were watching a hologram, beamed onto the stage with 3D projection mapping technology.

Nearly 3,000 miles away at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles, an M.I.A. hologram entertained an audience during Monae's "Q.U.E.E.N" (see 0:32 in the video, below), similar to how a holographic Tupac Shakur "performed" with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre at Coachella in 2012. Read more...