Tech Watch: Holograms Being Used on CNN, in War, and In Your Living Room

Chris Dannen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:00:07 -0500

On election night, CNN busted out its secret weapon over rivals Fox and MSNBC: a rather silly hologram that enabled reporter Jessica Yellin in Chicago to talk to Wolf Blitzer in New York. As Yellin explained, she was being observed by 35 HD camcorders in a special tent in Chicago, where her image was reconstituted by 20 computers into a 3D likeness. Only one problem: Blitzer couldn't actually see her in the studio; she was a screen artifact only seen by viewers at home.

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Tech Watch: Holograms Being Used on CNN, in War, and In Your Living Room