That was the reaction Tuesday night when CNN revealed their exclusive "Hologram" technology in an interview with Will.i.am. They also used the hologram machine in an interview with one of their correspondents.
Now, it's obvious that the hologram isn't real. I did some digging and found out what technology is behind this innovation the the news industry.
The subject is in a green-screen room somewhere with 35 HD cameras pointing at them from various angles. The subject's "Hologram" isn't viewable from the set. The interviewer is looking at a 36 inch HDTV. There are twenty computers crunching the data and adding it sometime during the seven-second delay.
I see the potential for this technology, as well as CNN's new Touch-screen Wall. It could be great in the future of news and reporting.
LINKS
Will.i.am on the hologram machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deoOTqT-SMI
How the tech really works: http://gizmodo.com/5076663/how-the-cnn-holographic-interview-system-works
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