hahahaha

That is so fucking unnecessary. What the fuck is wrong with CNN?

It is indeed so completely stupid, but I also can't stop marveling at the awesomeness of it! The future is now!


HELP ME BARACK KENOBI! YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE!

R2D2: BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Wolf Blitzer: What R2? A message from Princess Leia??
R2D2: BEEEPBEEPBEEP BEEP

dunno if its stupid or awesome.. but deserves to get out of the queue

I vote for excessive...
..and you know what else was excessive? ..the way Wolf said "intimate".
eeeewwwwwwwww!

I'M COMING PRINCESS LEIA I'LL SAVE YOU FROM WOLF BLITZER!

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

This is not a hologram, but it is augmented reality - which will be huge in the next few years. I've added it to my AR playlist.

i wouldn't mind shooting her body from different angles, if you know what i mean

damn i hate that wolf guy

Wait, so her image is being post processed into the picture. That would mean Wolf doesn't even see her. That's not really a hologram is it?

I'm sorry, a Million people are going to be outside? Not possible.

i don't get it. what can the guy who's talking to her see? and what can see she?

Oh, and by the way: The ONION has better graphic inserts. It seems quite apparent that they intentionally made the 'hologram' version of the woman look terrible with the faint blue outline... This technology is so old, it's not even funny.

http://www.rense.com/general31/pix.htm

You know, I didn't mind all of the various network virtual rooms with their crazy, overblown, pop-up, 3D bar graphs, but this is just awful!

I served with Princess Leia; I knew Princess Leia; Princess Leia was a friend of mine. She's no Princess Leia.

Very neat shit. Here's another better quality hologram interview with Will.i.am:
http://www.videosift.com/video/CNN-Hologram-Interview-with-Will-I-Am-on-Election-Night-2008

I was in Grant Park watching this on a jumbotron, and not only was nobody impressed but the predominant response to this was 'what a ridiculous waste of money'.

Are you Yellin? Yellin like a felon.

It's actually a tomogram not a hologram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomogram

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/05/tech-holograms.html

Look at how naturally we can speak to each other now... from 30 feet across the room.

I just wish I could see the background of the event she's at. A video feed... now that would have been awesome.

feel.... sick..... LET ME OFF THE FAILBOAT

That is not a hologram. That's special effects, you know like when Luke pretended to see princess leia or imagined he was flying through space.
Sounds like a 3 week Fail that took 35 high def cameras.

Not a hologram. This is nothing more then typical Bluescreen color keying, as it is called, with the added touch of motion control cameras. The cameras with the news anchor are programmed with the same moves as the camera in a bluescreen studio. All the other cameras/angles are also the same. Essentially two sets with cameras in the exact same positions, mimicking each others moves. You can even occationally see the color keying messing up, often around her, but also blimps popping up beside the 'hologram' (At least in the live interviews I saw.) This is nothing more then advanced weather man against bluescreen wall techniques. The lady tries to explain it 'all the cameras' which would make sense for a hologram. BUT she then blows it, and gives it away with the 'cameras moves at the same time' quote. A true hologram would not require such a link of camera systems.

It is lame they are calling this stuff holograms. REAL holograms DO exist now, better then in star wars. But this is not it.

Well, I see the future of porno right there.

Gimmicky, and it looks like shitty greenscreen. Can that even be considered a true hologram?

Downvote for misuse of the term hologram. Apparently it's actually called a tomogram.

I call shenanigans and *lies.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24616216-5014239,00.html

Adding video to channels (Lies) - requested by Krupo.

Also, this non-hologram stuff was done on british tv a year or two ago, if my memory serves me correctly.

Something with jon snow, i think, so probably also to do with elections.

Oh Crap this is horrible. It's just a chroma-keyed transmission, and poorly done at that. I've seen better in B-grade video games.