Did just see that - was pretty amazing

they will be doing more of that tonight...

Yeah, that's what we need, more cheesy special effects. They need a cardboard cutout of Wolf Blitzer to enhance his monotone presence.

Switch to Fox, then. As if.

it's only the infant beginning of technology that will be commonplace, in about 2 years...

Of course Anderson Cooper knew what everyone must be thinking and downplayed the use of this technology by saying that it was much quieter given Will.I.am was in the middle of the boisterous crowd. I guess it would be a lot quieter in the tent with all the cameras creating the effect, but any tent would have been quieter--hologram or not.

I wish Wolf Blitzer was a hologram and someone accidentally pulled the plug on him... permanently.

Does he actually see her in the studio or is he just talking to an empty spot?

Not a hologram at all, just a new generation of green screen special effects.

i was at universal

and they did this show with Christopher Walken

it used to be the earth quake ride

only think was Walken wasn't real, he was a hologram

the future is here

Emperor Palpatine will show up on your watch!

sorry lateeee

only thing was*

There's really only one way to verify if this is a true hologram... Jessica Yellin in the nude.., then it becomes possible to accurately determine the truthfulness of this "hologram" thingie.

"Not a hologram at all, just a new generation of green screen special effects."

So if you were in the studio and you walked around the spot where the "hologram" appeared to be you'd see, what? Nothing?

I understand this sort of technology is in its infancy but why bother with it, it looked horrible. It seriously looked like they just were shooting the "hologram" person on a green screen and used a video overlay. There was no depth to the person. It was just like a cardboard cut out.

I really would like an answer to my question about three-dimensionality (or lack of same).

Anyhoo, when Blitzer pulled that I thought, "What's next? Dancing bears? Roller-skating elephants? Seals clapping? Flying monkeys?"

Definitely not ready for prime time.

doc

if you were in the studio
you would still see the hologram

i haven't been close enough to one to tell you by experience on the 3 dimensionness

Klifferd, thanks for the info.

And yet they needed that uber-annoying microwave dinger whenever they changed the scroll. Sent me to CBS.

PBS's coverage was painfully lame.

hahaha

10 years from holodeck??