After it was announced that ABBA Voyage was planning a world tour, Bjorn Ulvaeus expressed his opinions on the virtual show and avatar technology they used. According to the recent episode of his radio show, Bjorn From ABBA and Friends, the musician is concerned about the potential for abuse of technology in the future.
ABBA Voyage, a virtual concert with life-like avatars of the band members on stage, started in a specially built arena in London last year and is now set to travel the world for a tour. Following these developments, people became curious about ABBA’s thoughts on these concerts and their ‘ABBA-tars.’
When asked whether he was worried about the misuse of this technology in the future, Bjorn Ulvaeus confirmed that he had concerns and added that we would have to be careful about how technology is used. However, the singer stated that these advancements were bound to happen and that they were proud to be the ‘pioneers.’
He expressed his opinion on the matter as follows:
“Absolutely, it does [worries me]. … But it was going to happen anyway. … We are the first to do it, which is great, I think, to be the pioneers. But I’m sure in the future, we’ll have to be very careful about what can be done with avatars.“
Although avatar technology is susceptible to abuse by malicious individuals, ABBA Voyage represents the dawn of a new age in the music industry. And, as much as he is concerned about the technology’s future use, Bjorn Ulveaus is happy to be one of the trailblazers who paved the way for it.
