duey Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=20e_1225905552 I'd love to know who came up with this and what their reason was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullpen Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=20e_1225905552 I'd love to know who came up with this and what their reason was. I know, I kept waiting for Wolf Blitzer to announce Palpatine was going to beam a transmission to us. "The time has come. Execute order 66." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I think it's frigging awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 And I kept asking myself...why the hell are they beaming in someone from Chicago?! If she were on the moon, I could understand it...but Chicago?! I was actually waiting for Spock to show up next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udonkey Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hearing them say "thank you for joining us via hologram" made me want to shoot someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 NBC had a really stupid green room/floor deal to show a virtual green column thing. Also, there was the virtual capitol building that randomly showed up on the cnn desk. it actually froze the first time they did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I watched on PBS. No frills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndZoneCrew Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I watched on PBS. No frills. I watched it on CTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I watched it on CTV The next President is Obama eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Was that really a hologram? Looks to me like it could have just as easily been 1 digital image melded w/ another live. She's surrounded by bluescreen, filmed, background is removed then the 2 images merged. Am I missing something? Cool, but hardly a hologram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I think it's frigging awesome. I think it was cool too. The networks are all fighting for viewers to their election coverage and because there are so many they have to use some tricks or gimmicks that nobody else uses. Why they just couldn't have called her up on camera from Chicago is mystifying. They put a lot of money in that only because it's cool and for no real journalistic purpose. I guess they were hoping the stoned people watching the coverage because they were too lazy to change the channel would call their friends and tell them how freaky it is and to change the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udonkey Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Was that really a hologram? Looks to me like it could have just as easily been 1 digital image melded w/ another live.She's surrounded by bluescreen, filmed, background is removed then the 2 images merged. Am I missing something? Cool, but hardly a hologram. http://gizmodo.com/5076663/how-the-cnn-hol...ew-system-works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 It's the first step to having a holographic news anchor you can punch in the face in your own living room. Fux Knus ratings would go through the roof!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 And I kept asking myself...why the hell are they beaming in someone from Chicago?! If she were on the moon, I could understand it...but Chicago?! I was actually waiting for Spock to show up next. All I could think of was "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 It's the first step to having a holographic news anchor you can punch in the face in your own living room. Fux Knus ratings would go through the roof!! All along I was hoping each of those 36 cameras were fitted with x-ray vision lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 It's the first step to having a holographic news anchor you can punch in the face in your own living room. Fux Knus ratings would go through the roof!! Like anybody cares about using this technology for the news. The real question is when can it be applied to porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I think CNN jumped the shark, much earlier, around January 2005, when they dumbed themselves down, to fit the demographics of the people who gave GW a "mandate" and "capitol that he intended to spend". CNN was getting their asses kicked by FOX, so they got rid of journalists like Aaron Brown, in favor of a-holes like Glen Beck, and pop stars like Cooper Anderson. I loathe FOX News, and all it stands for, but I have found myself wathching it, and MSNBC more than CNN, than ever. The only thing worth tuning in to CNN for is their Sunday Night specials, and the hot chick that is Cooper Andersons' sidekick. Can't remember her name, but she sure is purty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Like anybody cares about using this technology for the news. The real question is when can it be applied to porn. Exactly my friend. About 15 years ago Dennis Miller was talking about "Virtual Reality" and said "The day that an unemployed auto-worker can sit in his barcalounger with a can of Fosters in one hand and a channel flicker in the other and F$%K Claudia Shiffer for $19.95, it's gonna make crack look like Sanka." It's really just the next step towards becoming an Eloi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020 Our Year For Sure Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Who is Cooper Anderson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I'm missing the point of the whole darn thing. If it took 30+ cameras and 20+ computers why bother. Did it enhance the message? Nope. Was it anything but gimmicky? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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