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- CNN correspondent Wolf Blitzer interviewed holograms of Obama campaign representatives in Chicago and McCain representatives in Phoenix
- Televisions in the remote locations will allow interviewees to see CNN correspondents.USA Today: Election-night news to co-star latest technology
- Technology from Vizrt and SportVu premiered during the CNN live coverage on the afternoon of November 4, 2008
- Reporter Jessica Yellin was the first person to be interviewed using the holographic technology
- CNN is the first commercial television network to use holographic technology for this purposeStreem.com: CNN beams presenter live via Hologram
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During their election night coverage, CNN projected "holographic" images of remote interviewees into CNN's New York newsroom. CNN Senior Vice President David Bohrman reported that they have placed 44 cameras and 20 computers in each of their remote locations to capture and record three-dimensional images of the remote interviewees. The data was used to create the illusion that the interviewee is in the studio with the CNN correspondents.USA Today: Election-night news to co-star latest technology
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CNN Hologram Questions
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How Holograms Work? 2 AnswersThere are alot of great explainations to how holograms work: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5925759/how-do-3d-holograms-work http://science.howstuffworks.com/holog... read more -
Who invented the hologram? 1 AnswerHolograms were invented in 1947 by Hungarian scientist Dennis Gabor, but they were ignored for years. Gabor's theory about light waves was ahead of its time. ... read more -
Every so often well see a local mom and pop company advertising on a major cable network channel, like CNN. How can they afford this? 5 AnswersIt's called "Local Insertion." So the people in one market see local commercials, automatically inserted into that network's feed at the local cable head-end. ... read more -
Should all businesses be required to offer paid sick leave? CNN reports that 15 states currently have paid sick leave bills pending. 4 AnswersI believe that any bill regarding sick pay should be written so that it does not create an additional burden upon the employer. An employee should have the rig... read more
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