‘Fictosexual’ man’s marriage to a hologram bride hits a technological roadblock

In this photograph taken on November 10, 2018, Akihiko Kondo poses next to a hologram of Japanese virtual reality singer Hatsune Miku as he holds the doll version of her at his apartment in Tokyo, a week after marrying her. — AFP

A Japanese man is in love, but she’s not real and he can no longer communicate with his holographic wife.

Yep, you heard that right. 38-year-old Akihiko Kondo married the fictional character Hatsune Miku, which New York Post described as a “computer-synthesised pop singer.”