More on that weird election night hologram:
On the subject's side:Wow, sounds to me like way, way too much money and effort for something that's not that cool.
• 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 usableOn the HQ side:
• Only used on two out of 40-something total camera feeds that CNN has
Looked retarded.
Posted by: Jeff S at November 6, 2008 11:07 PM