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Seven minutes before the polls closed, CNN decided to show off their new super power hologram technology just one more time, by "beaming in" Obama supporter and musician Wil.I.Am, Princess Leia-style, from his Chicago location. We'd seen Wolf Blitzer toying with the virtual-commentator equipment all night, but watching Cooper and Wil.I.Am. name check both Star Trek and Star Wars within five seconds of speaking to each other was by far the funniest moment of this surreal election night. More »
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We're one step closer to our dreams of having Robert Picardo pop up and ask us the nature of the medical emergency. On Tuesday night, CNN will be using 3-dimensional holograms of the Obama and McCain spokespeople, alongside the (somewhat) real Wolf Blitzer. Instead of simply showing the spokespeople on a splitscreen as Blitzer interviews them, CNN plans to film each spokesperson using 44 separate cameras, filtered through 20 computers. The resulting 360-degree image will be projected into CNN's Manhattan studio, making it look as though the spokesperson will be there in person. [Guardian] More »
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