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    Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?

    How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    11/06/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    I thought it was rather unnecessary... especially because it wasn't a hologram at all, just special effects.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    I didn't see it on CNN, but looking at it here, it is pretty cool. It's also kind of cool that Wolf Blitzer's a robot and Larry King is a gnome.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    To paraphrase myself:


    When you use technology to enable someone describe where she is and what is around her when it would be easier to actually show where she is and what is around her, then the technology is meaningless.


    (I did like when AC tried to justify its use with .w.i.l!l?ia...m.; "We're using this because it's quieter this way!" Yes AC, that's certainly reasonable.)

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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    I have no idea... I got all my election coverage information from Google.
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    Image of grapejoos grapejoos
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    It was marginally cool, but mostly stupid. Seriously, what is wrong with the regular way of doing it, with one camera and one microphone?


    It all reminded me of Fred Armisen moving the states around on Weekend Update. And Star Wars. Just a little.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/05/08

    grapejoos said : "what is wrong with the regular way of doing it, with one camera and one microphone?"


    You can't see her ass.

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    Image of winshape winshape
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    If they can somehow combine this technology with the Japanese virtual reality schoolgirl thingy from a few posts back, maybe the news will get more interesting.


    What was that Mrs. Couric? Don't make me poke you with my virtual hand and knock you off your box. Here, have a teddy bear.

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    11/05/08

    @winshape: The VR Schoolgirl thing is essentially the exact same tech as the VR capitol building they showed.
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    Image of erichg14 erichg14
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    I really liked the multitouch touchscreen they used on CNN way better than any of the gimmicks they've tried in the past. It actually was put to pretty good use when they started going through the map and assigning possible wins for either side, and showing those "paths to 270".


    Hologram was stupid. I didn't see a point to it. I's rather they just split the screen and have whoever they are interviewing sitting there.

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    11/05/08

    @erichg14: What did you think of the Bigotron 5000 that Soledad and Mr. Peanut used to analyze the exit-polling data?


    "Now here, you can see that this demographic is clearly racist because of how they broke for McCain. While this other demographic is clearly sexist due to their dislike for Palin..."

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    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    Dumb. Until the hologram is standing in front of me, it's pointless.
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    Image of vicsells vicsells
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    i still don't totally understand how they did it
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    11/05/08

    @vicsells: Green screen, real-time post-proc overlay...
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    Image of John_001 John_001
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    This is pretty badass, but a bi impractical for CNN. This could take teleconferencing and virtual meetings to a whole new level in the future though.
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    11/05/08

    @John_001: The correspondents that were actually on the set, couldn't see shit, they were just looking generally in his direction to preserve the illusion.


    I did actually think the capitol was kinda cool tho, despite my previous sargasm above...

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    Image of SirDrinksalot SirDrinksalot
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    Stupid.

    Waste of time.

    NOT A HOLOGRAM.

    FALSE ADVERTISING.

    = Insulting.
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    11/05/08

    @SirDrinksalot: Ditto.
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/05/08

    In reply to Question of the Day: Was CNN's Hologram Stupid or Cool?
    It was stupid, but better than their interactive 3-D capitol building.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    11/05/08

    @Hiphopopotamus: C'MON!?!


    The 3D VR Capitol was awesome! I never could have visualized the seats gained by the democrats in the election with out it, and the House?!? Foggetaboutit!


    Numbers are for Wonks, I need pointlessly complex enhanced reality models to be able to pay attention to anything let alone comprehend it!

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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/05/08

    In reply to How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
    All I can say is : YES WE DID.


    I'm going out for a few drinks. Ciao.

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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/05/08

    In reply to How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
    "Help me Wolf Blitzer, you're my only hope."
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    Image of Aturayd Aturayd
    11/04/08

    In reply to How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
    horray for people who look at the president of the united states to solve all of their life's problems!
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/05/08

    @Aturayd: Hooray for people who aren't sore losers.
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