"Beaming in" via hologram = now

[086gf]

This is just incredible. Watch the video its so trippy!

http://www.trektoday.com/news/061108_01.shtml

It's no longer necessary to be interviewed in a certain location, instead one can be "beamed in" via hologram from distant places.

As reported by Dailypress.com, Capitol Hill correspondent Jessica Yellin, in Chicago for the Barack Obama rally, was able to speak to CNN's Wolf Blitzer as if she were in the CNN studio via a holographic projection.

Yellin was filmed in a specially constructed tent, so that there was no interference from other people around her. She explained the technology behind the hologram to Blizter, saying that it involved thirty-five HD cameras.

Another person joined CNN during coverage of the election returns. Performer and Obama supporter Will.I.Am appeared via hologram beamed to the CNN studio to speak with Anderson Cooper. ""Let's see if we can beam him in now," said Cooper, as the image of the performer appeared. Cooper went on to say that "It looks exactly like in 'Star Trek' when they would beam people down. That's what it looks like right here."

[MLeo]

It's not a real hologram, it's an overlay over the studio camera stream.
Sure, they had several HD cameras around the reporter, but it wasn't a real hologram, nowhere near a real one.

Also, I tought it was the idea behind reporters to "taste" the feeling at the location of the reporter? So why was the presenter saying he liked it this way better, without the background?


http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10082802-76.html

[intrepid90]

talking about holograms?

[086gf]

It's not a real hologram, it's an overlay over the studio camera stream.
Sure, they had several HD cameras around the reporter, but it wasn't a real hologram, nowhere near a real one.

False advertising by CNN, go figure lol.

[MLeo]

And the video by intrepid90 isn't either.

The same person "hacked" a train station, remotely, and made the, automated, voice over say: "The train to hawaii will leave on 8:15 on....", don't forget, he also made the, mechanical, signs say "Hawaii" as well.

[intrepid90]

I know most of his videos, anyway it is fascinating isnt it?
and remember it's made with low budget (I guess)

[MLeo]

I know most of his videos, anyway it is fascinating isnt it?
and remember it's made with low budget (I guess)

They are just tricks. With actual actors.

[Senator]

Just a more expensive video conference.

[MLeo]

Just a more expensive video conference.

And less practical.

[intrepid90]

Just a more expensive video conference.

And less practical.

but an impressive

[Senator]

The problem is that the reporter, wasn't actually seeing anything. There was no 3d model constructed in real space, on thin air, in the studio. They simply took a video on a blue/green screen background, and then merged it with the studio video in real time. A "3d video" in a sense, so they were able to match perspectives with the studio camera movements, buts its probably not what you think.

Unfortunately the whole point and difficulty with the sci-fi idea of "holograms" is that it requires the ability to have light stop and turn mid airs. Which is a bit trickier than it sounds.

The closest and most impressive I have seen is the Heliodisplay (which actually projects on a really really fine mist of water vapor), which, if combined with a camera, would in fact give you exactly the Star Wars effect, although the image is flat.

[MLeo]

But if you are willing to look into a pyramid-ish shape, then this could work:

Not entirely sure if it actually works.

At any rate, I think holographic tv and/or movies will only work if everyone watching can choose what perspective to view, so that they won't be forced to watch the side all the time. But when it comes to a video conference, then it might be usefull to force the perspective.

[faro0485]

I thought they had only recently achieved so much (below).

[gclark03]

That, combined with some specialized camera or image-viewing software, could be a major resource for the military. Almost like the Halo holo-drums, but without the open projection.

Couldn't you imagine it being used to project faces, maps, and other images of interest?