Ozzy Osbourne’s household is sparking large controversy after unveiling plans for an AI-powered hologram of the late Black Sabbath frontman, with critics telling RadarOnline.com his relations are being accused of attempting to money in on the Prince of Darkness in a means pals say would have left the rocker “rolling in his grave.”
The challenge was introduced by Ozzy’s widow Sharon Osbourne, 73, and son Jack Osbourne, 40, throughout Licensing Expo’s The Enduring Legacy of a Rock Icon and His Household: Ozzy Osbourne and The Osbournes panel.
The household confirmed a “Digital Ozzy” avatar is already in growth by way of partnerships with Hyperreal and Proto Hologram, firms specializing in lifelike digital recreations.
Ozzy died in July 2025, aged 76, after joking publicly that he would “hang-out” anybody who turned him right into a hologram after demise.
Jack defended the expertise throughout a video posted to his YouTube channel. He stated: “This is the factor, it is gonna be so tasteful what we’re doing. It is not gonna be f—— lame.
“It is actually complicated what we’re doing. This is not identical to hooking up a picture of my dad to ChatGPT. That is some high-level expertise that we’re gonna be working with, and it is gonna really feel very actual, and it is type of wild how will probably be utilized.”
The avatar is being developed utilizing Hyperreal’s patented “Digital DNA” system, with Proto Hologram offering expertise permitting the digital Ozzy to maneuver, communicate, and work together with followers in actual time.
The businesses say the hologram will be capable to reply precisely as Ozzy would and seem in Proto Luma models throughout america and Britain later this summer season.
Sharon stated she was astonished by the probabilities supplied by the expertise.
“The issues that you are able to do with which might be simply limitless,” she declared.
However a number of business figures near the Osbourne camp questioned whether or not the singer himself would have permitted of such an aggressive industrial enlargement after demise.
One supply conversant in Ozzy’s considering stated, “Ozzy liked innovation and he liked joking round about demise, however deep down he hated something that felt faux or manufactured. He would have seen limitless hologram appearances as an inexpensive money seize.”
One other insider stated the Black Sabbath legend would seemingly have laughed publicly whereas privately disapproving.
The insider famous, “He joked that he could not complain in the event that they turned him right into a hologram as a result of he’d be useless, however that was Ozzy’s darkish humor. Buddies who knew him greatest consider he would even have hated the concept of changing into a digital product wheeled out for revenue, and fought towards it.
“This plan would have him rolling in his grave.”
Earlier than his demise, Ozzy had addressed the prospect of being digitally resurrected.
Requested about hologram excursions, he stated: “If I am gone, I haven’t got a say within the matter. I can not complain. I am the prince of darkness; I’ll hang-out you. Go f—— wild!”
Jack insisted his father had personally mentioned the idea earlier than his demise. He stated, “It is actually cool, and it is one thing that I feel my dad could be into.
“We really talked about it earlier than he handed, about doing one thing like this. So, yeah. I do know he could be into this.”
Hyperreal chief government Remington Scott defended the challenge, saying each facet of the avatar had been permitted by the Osbourne household.
“Each factor of this avatar was constructed solely from authenticated, permitted supply materials: curated, consented, and managed by the individuals who love him most,” Scott confirmed.