what a fascinating modern age we live in.

That much closer to a holo-deck and then having sex with things on said holo-deck.

grrrrrrrrrr NOT a hologram!

>> ^johncusick2:

grrrrrrrrrr NOT a hologram!


Care to elaborate?

>> ^zombieater:

>> ^johncusick2:
grrrrrrrrrr NOT a hologram!

Care to elaborate?


It's Pepper's ghost, afaics. Like the recent 2Pac 'hologram'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper's_ghost

Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

>> ^zombieater:
>> ^johncusick2:
grrrrrrrrrr NOT a hologram!

Care to elaborate?

It's Pepper's ghost, afaics. Like the recent 2Pac 'hologram'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper's_ghost


See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hologram#Things_often_confused_with_holograms

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Can we call this *magic? It's an illusion, after all.

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Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Is it really Pepper's Ghost though? The example given in Wikipedia, and the one I've seen in Disney's Haunted Mansion, relied on a room with actual 3-dimensional animitronic figures. This looks to be generated from video - so how is the 3-d effect created? Or is it?

Surely if the object is not really there but you can see it and view it from different angles then one can conclude it IS is a hologram? Isn't that the point?

It is a flat image. You cannot see different angles of the subject by moving around so not a hologram. Just a rear-projection screen. You can see the projector behind the image BTW.

I've posted a video explaining it a bit, and linked in some articles in the comments:

http://videosift.com/video/How-Tupacs-Coachella-concert-was-done

You could use this illusion with animatronic figures, but they wouldn't need to be present in the room after filming, or you could have a mix of animatronic and ghost figures.
>> ^dag:

Is it really Pepper's Ghost though? The example given in Wikipedia, and the one I've seen in Disney's Haunted Mansion, relied on a room with actual 3-dimensional animitronic figures. This looks to be generated from video - so how is the 3-d effect created? Or is it?

>> ^dag:

Is it really Pepper's Ghost though? The example given in Wikipedia, and the one I've seen in Disney's Haunted Mansion, relied on a room with actual 3-dimensional animitronic figures. This looks to be generated from video - so how is the 3-d effect created? Or is it?

Yes, it's still Pepper's Ghost. Instead of reflecting brightly-illuminated 3D models (like in the Haunted Mansion), a projector simply projects a CG image onto the screen. The 3D effect is illusory, as it's only a 2D image - that is, if you stand to the side of the projection you don't see the side angle of the object, just a flat image.