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…Nobumichi Asai, creative director of a Japanese visual studio called WOW, is a new media artist who is known for experimenting with face-mapping and video projections. A couple of years ago, he created Omote and projected virtual makeup onto a model’s face. As the video gained momentum on the internet, he was brought in to repeat the task for Lady Gaga’s David Bowie tribute. What made the performance unique was that instead of using the projection system in a controlled studio environment, Gaga’s face was mapped and transformed live in front of a massive audience for the first time last year.

To create Inori (which literally translates to “prayer” in Japanese), Asai’s studio worked with TOKYO, an award-winning production company in Japan. The collaborators brought in a special high speed projector built by Ishikawa Wantanbe laboratory at the University of Tokyo to create a system that could keep up with a fast-paced dance performance…