Holograms

That autopsy thing makes me seriously sad. :S I can't watch it. Sorry.

That autopsy thing makes me seriously sad. :S I can't watch it. Sorry.

-corynder

It's not all fake autopsy photos, but I didn't look at it. I just listened to the speaker.

Hey guys this came to my attention the other night. Aparently during the obama election (lol) cnn aired the first "real" hologram. anyway i found this article on www.news.com check it out:

CNN faked its "world first" TV hologram and used Hollywood effects to make it look more like Star Wars, according to reports.
On US election night, CNN presenter Wolf Blitzer stood in the New York newsroom as Chicago correspondent Jessica Yellin was "beamed in via hologram."

"You're a terrific hologram," Blitzer told Yellin's image from across the room.

"It's like I follow the tradition of Princess Leia," she said, referring to the Star Wars heroine.

Underneath — for what CNN said was the first time in television history — the screen announced: "Jessica Yellin via hologram from Chicago. Live."

But Wolf Blitzer couldn't even see the "hologram" in the newsroom, expert Hans Jurgen Kreuzer told CBC News. Instead, he was staring at a red spot on the floor.

Yellin's flickering, glowing image was apparently superimposed over the top of the broadcast – as with a news ticker – so only viewers could see Yellin's image.

The CNN image was "not technically a hologram," Vizrt technical director Ole Jacobsen told DagensMedier. Real holograms are projected into space, not on a screen, and have depth.

CNN's image was a tomogram, which isn't truly 3D – tomograms capture an image in 3D and then project an illusion of three dimensions. The technical feat was that CNN's tomogram was processed in real-time.

There are also allegations the broadcaster used Hollywood effects to make it look more like a hologram.

CNN knew it could use a clearer picture but decided not to, Norwegian news website Dagbladet.no reported.

It may also have added effects such as flickering and a blue glow to make it appear more like Star Wars, users on FXGuide.com said.

This year, there have been two real holograms demonstrated in Australia – one beamed live to a Telstra conference, and one of Shane Warne in an MCG cricket exhibition.

Any thoughts?

http://www.military.com/news/article/army-working-on-sciences-outer-limits.html?col=1186032310810

try reading this.... I think they probably did play it up but the Military.... they want to get inside our heads I'm sure of it!