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CNN Hologram?

Asked by intro24 (1434points) November 4th, 2008

I was just watching CNN and they had a reporter join the main studio live via hologram like Princess Leia. Did anyone else see this? Is there really a hologram in the studio or is is a CGI trick? It kinda looks fake but I think it’s been done before and CNN seems to be no stranger to technology. What do you think?

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b's avatar

More like the emperor. It was creepy.

peziak's avatar

It looked corny.

And what happened to her shoes?! They can’t hologram project shoes. They should just stick to the multi collaboration touch interface wall and stop calling it the “Magic Wall”. Viewers aren’t yokels. Some of us have touch screen phones

fireside's avatar

Help me Wolfie Wan, you’re my only hope…

Elumas's avatar

When I saw this question I was going to post the very same link.

EmpressPixie's avatar

I liked it. It was fun and gave some important levity to the events of the evening.

fireside's avatar

Fox News explained green screen technology at some point during the evening, too.
It’s hard to fill up so many hours if they’re trying to be reserved in the guessing game.

Plus, there was no Tim Russert this year to dazzle the audience with his mathematics.

Smashley's avatar

I remember seeing that on election night while at a bar. Some of the people around me gaped at the apparent hologram and referred to it as such. I quickly, and less-than-soberly, informed everyone that there was no way this bullshit was a hologram and the host was standing there, talking to an empty stage.

Just another reason why television news should come with a disclaimer.

Strauss's avatar

@Smashley Just another reason why television news should come with a disclaimer.

Also another reason quotation marks should be used when referring to television “news”!

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