Hatsune Miku is one of the most famous pop stars in Japan. Weirdly though, she’s not a real person.
She started as the mascot for a piece of software put out by Japanese software company Crypton Future Media. She’s what’s called a “vocaloid.”
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But Miku is super popular! People dress up as her.
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She’s used to sell cars in Japan.
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She even performed on Letterman.
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She’s a totally open-source pop star and we recently got ahold of a VR headset that let us hang out with her… sorta…
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We tried out two “games” with Miku. The first one was basically like a Netflix and chill simulator where you just sort of sit next to her.
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Except if you leaned in close, you could hear her heartbeat and hear her breathe. It was really weird.
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Weird.
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Really weird.
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The whole setup was called the Mikulus (Oculus + Miku).
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The Netflix and chill simulator was pretty cool.
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There was also a dancing game, where Miku “holds your hands” with vibrating controls and sort of hops around with you.
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Right now, the Mikulus project is still in an experimental stage. It’s been developed by a team in Japan.
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It was really weird, but one of our testers, Jun, really got into his date with Miku.
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Also, let’s be real, this is probably what we’re all going to be doing in the future, so we might as well get used to the idea of dating cartoon avatars.
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Source: Buzzfeed