https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:27:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2011/07/11/miku-japans-virtual-idol-and-media-platform/ Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:27:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2011/07/11/miku-japans-virtual-idol-and-media-platform/ On Saturday July 2, I attended an unusual live show, the US debut of a virtual idol from Japan. I think she can tell us something about civic media. Miku Hatsune performed at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles, part of the festivities at Anime Expo. The sold-out concert drew over 4000 fans, many in costume, who screamed and waved glowsticks as Miku rose out of the floor, a “human size” image projected on stage […]]]>