{"id":3433,"date":"2008-11-05T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2008-11-05T12:01:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T16:01:43","slug":"geek-alert-cnn-builds-the-holodeck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/11\/05\/geek-alert-cnn-builds-the-holodeck\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek alert: CNN builds the Holodeck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apart from the historic nature of the U.S. election (which I will let others discuss), the coverage on CNN set new records as far as the coolness factor goes. Not only did the channel have the Magic Wall — which until recently was the height of geek-dom, with its multi-touch input and other features — but then the network whipped out a couple of holograms<\/a> just to up the stakes a little. Like Mike Arrington<\/a> at TechCrunch, even though part of me realized they could have done exactly the same thing with a remote camera, a much larger part of me was thinking: “Those holograms are cool.” Plenty of other people<\/a> seemed to disagree<\/a>, however, calling the hologram “creepy.” I was less enamored of the virtual Capitol building, which looked kind of cheesy, but the Will.I.Am interview (which is embedded here) was just extremely cool. Yes, I agree that the Jessica Yellin interview<\/a> had more than a touch<\/a> of Princess Leia about it, but it was still damn cool. That is all.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b><\/p>\n

According to a professor of theoretical physics and an expert in holography, what CNN used were not really holograms<\/a>, since they didn’t project a 3-dimensional image into the studio — they projected it into the camera feed, which is what viewers saw, while the actual hosts were talking to empty space. Okay, not quite as cool. More here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Apart from the historic nature of the U.S. election (which I will let others discuss), the coverage on CNN set new records as far as the coolness factor goes. Not only did the channel have the Magic Wall — which until recently was the height of geek-dom, with its multi-touch input and other features — … <\/p>\n

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