Pepper’s Ghost

“Pepper’s ghost is an illusionary technique used in theatre and in some magic tricks. Using a plate glass and special lighting techniques, it can make objects seem to appear or disappear, or make one object seem to “morph” into another.”

Last week I was in Birmingham and came across two examples of Pepper’s Ghost.

The first one was in Cadbury World where they used Pepper’s Ghost as part of a narrative description of the history of Cadbury’s chocolate. The effect works well combining video with 3D real life objects.

There were a number of interactive games also worth a look designed by HMC Interactive.

Later that day I went into the Bull Ring Centre to check out the Orange Monkey Hologram gig , another example of Pepper’s Ghost. “Orange launch the Orange Monkey Hologram Gigs featuring hologram performances from ‘Mama Do’ singing sensation Pixie Lott, MOBO Award winning N-Dubz and the UK’s ‘Number One’ Tinchy Stryder.

The UK’s first ever multi artist hologram tour celebrates the launch of Monkey, Orange’s brand new Pay As You Go tariff with 4Music, which gives you free music and text messages just for topping up £10 a month.”

Not quite my sort of music but an interesting effect, still some way to go though before it offers a believable hologram effect.