scottieking Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 So far, I've seen the race for the Senate and an interview with Will.iam in full hologram in the studio. What. the. fuck.Anderson Cooper doesn't even seem fazed.Now back to Daily Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottieking Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Here's how they are doing it;CNN's holographic election coverage is fancy pantsy, but how did they manage to send 3D 360 degree footage of virtual correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago all the way to the station's election center in NY? As Arthur C. Clarke says, Magic. A magic made possible from technology Vizrt and SportVu with the help of forty-four HD cameras and twenty computers. Here are the details.On the subject's side:• 35 HD cameras pointed at the subject in a ring• Different cameras shoot at different angles (like the matrix), to transmit the entire body image• The cameras are hooked up to the cameras in home base in NY, synchronizing the angles so perspective is right• The system is set up in trailers outside Obama and McCain HQ• Not only is it mechanical tracking via camera communication, there's infrared as well• Correspondents see a 37-inch plasma where the return feed of the combined images are fed back to them. Useful for a misplaced hair or an unseemly boogar• Twenty "computers" are crunching this data in order to make it usable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 I think we must have cross-posted. Just wet my pants about this in the "happy election day" thread.I AM LIVING IN THE FUTURE. FUCK YEAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 hahaha... i was just yelling that out to my cousin in the kitchen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 I was truly amazed, a raving lunatic with my jaw on the floor.Until I read this thread I hated it, but now I'm a bit intrigued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 neat.that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Here's how they are doing it;CNN's holographic election coverage is fancy pantsy, but how did they manage to send 3D 360 degree footage of virtual correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago all the way to the station's election center in NY? As Arthur C. Clarke says, Magic. A magic made possible from technology Vizrt and SportVu with the help of forty-four HD cameras and twenty computers. Here are the details.On the subject's side:• 35 HD cameras pointed at the subject in a ring• Different cameras shoot at different angles (like the matrix), to transmit the entire body image• The cameras are hooked up to the cameras in home base in NY, synchronizing the angles so perspective is right• The system is set up in trailers outside Obama and McCain HQ• Not only is it mechanical tracking via camera communication, there's infrared as well• Correspondents see a 37-inch plasma where the return feed of the combined images are fed back to them. Useful for a misplaced hair or an unseemly boogar• Twenty "computers" are crunching this data in order to make it usablewow. all that technology for something that looked like shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 wow. all that technology for something that looked like shitThanks, I didn't wanna be the killjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 I thought it totally looked like when R2D2 is playing back the message from Leia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 I thought it totally looked like when R2D2 is playing back the message from Leia."Help us Obama-Wan Kenobi. You're our only hope." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 wow. all that technology for something that looked like shit Thanks' date=' I didn't wanna be the killjoy. [/quote'] Ollie's just mad because he's been working on a hologram machine in his basement for weeks now. Hey Ollie, don't forget the crystals!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Anderson Cooper doesn't even seem fazed.That was probably the coolest part. He had that total 'Holograms? Oh shit, yeah, I talk to holograms all the time. It doesn't seem weird to me at all.' air about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 My question is...does Wolf really see the Hologram, or just us folks at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 The Monday Night Football holograms look way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 and why are they standing so far apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayr Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 I also thought that was crazy! Now they just need to invent a hologram system so that I can have John Coltrane playing live in my livingroom every Friday night like that Tom Cruise movie (Vanilla Sky?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 and why are they standing so far apart?i know that there are a bunch of cameras 360°around whoever they shoot. perhaps Anderson can't go within that diameter or he'll mess up the hologram. just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 The distance of the cameras to person being recorded shouldn't be a factor on the other side, though, right? (Where Anderson Cooper or Wolf Blitzer are standing). My guess is that there is a projector and the hosts are told to keep a safe distance so as to not interfere with the projection.(That'd be hard -- I'd totally want to swipe my hand through the image)Goes back to dinghy's question, too:My question is...does Wolf really see the Hologram, or just us folks at home? Fack, CNN should just do a 'behind the scenes of the election night coverage' show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 The distance of the cameras to person being recorded shouldn't be a factor on the other side, though, right? (Where Anderson Cooper or Wolf Blitzer are standing). My guess is that there is a projector and the hosts are told to keep a safe distance so as to not interfere with the projection.(That'd be hard -- I'd totally want to swipe my hand through the image)Goes back to dinghy's question, too:My question is...does Wolf really see the Hologram, or just us folks at home? Fack, CNN should just do a 'behind the scenes of the election night coverage' show.I'll have to consult Ollie on the specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Im pretty sure they see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 but they have to take some california sunshine first, catalyst-like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Wolf: "Heh, heh, heh. If only you guys at home could see what I'm seeing right now. It'd blow your mind!"Anderson: "Psst, Wolf! They can see what you see right now!"Wolf: "They can see feelings??" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 CNN jumped the shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 that was so beezarre! and of all the people to interview... will.i.am??? strange little interlude i thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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