a real hologram

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This is amazing.

The funny thing is that the quality was lowered because CNN didn't want it in such a high quality.

But this is pretty old, isn't it?

The funny thing is that the quality was lowered because CNN didn't want it in such a high quality.

But this is pretty old, isn't it?

is it? lol today is my first time seeing it and i'm just amazed.

There is only 1 million views on that video too so... it's still kinda new.

I don't get how they projected the 3d hologram though

They weren't holograms. They were 3D images that were transposed onto that space by computers and then sent to your TV. The news anchors were talking to empty space.

They weren't holograms. They were 3D images that were transposed onto that space by computers and then sent to your TV. The news anchors were talking to empty space.

oh, eww really?

then that's pretty easy then I guess? just require some programming. except this really looks 3D.

I knew something was wrong, cause I can't think of anyway to project a 3D image.

[B]On the subject's side:
• 35 HD cameras pointed at the subject in a ring
• Different cameras shoot at different angles (like the matrix), to transmit the entire body image
• The cameras are hooked up to the cameras in home base in NY, synchronizing the angles so perspective is right
• The system is set up in trailers outside Obama and McCain HQ
• Not only is it mechanical tracking via camera communication, there's infrared as well
• Correspondents see a 37-inch plasma where the return feed of the combined images are fed back to them. Useful for a misplaced hair or an unseemly boogar
• Twenty "computers" are crunching this data in order to make it usable
On the HQ side:
• Only used on two out of 40-something total camera feeds that CNN has
• Wolf Blitzer really loves it (or loves Jessica Yellin):
[INDENT]It's still Jessica Yellin and you look like Jessica Yellin and we know you are Jessica Yellin. I think a lot of people are nervous out there. All right, Jessica. You were a terrific hologram.
[/INDENT]• The delay is either minimal, or we've gotten used to satellite delay that we don't even notice now
• An array of computers takes the crunched info feed from the subject's side in order to mesh it with the video from Wolf's side.
• Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the images are actually "projected" onto the floor of the CNN studio so that Wolf can actually talk to the person, you know, in a face to face. So it's not quite Star Wars just yet. Only after computers merge the video feeds together do you get a coherent hologram + person scenario

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Yeah, it's all editing magic. Shame to say, though it looks cool, still not practical, or really useful. It's more of a wow cool feature than anything else.

Also, they did all the fancy editting just to add more campaign coverage. What's the point of the hologram? Obama's name sounds the same if its not said by a 3D woman.

Yeah, it's all editing magic. Shame to say, though it looks cool, still not practical, or really useful. It's more of a wow cool feature than anything else.

Every news network has useless toys on election day, its like Christmas to them.

Yeah, I saw the holograms as I was watching the election coverage. Don't you just love it when the selection of America's leader becomes a e-penor contest? >_>

It wasn't long that I said "screw it" and popped in a Beavis and Butthead DVD.