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Geek alert: CNN builds the Holodeck

Started by mathewi · 8 months ago

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 inpu ... Continue reading »

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  • dbarefoot

    8 months ago

    I'm surprised that nobody made the "save us Obama, you're our only hope" joke. It was just hanging there over the plate for somebody to hit.
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  • Pat

    8 months ago

    Holograms sucks!
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  • Lemoine

    8 months ago

    @Pat: it's not a hologram, it's a ghost. Dumbass.
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  • Mart

    8 months ago

    Goerge's Lucas is behind this. It's not a ghost you sick bastard. I have a real laser saber at home and i will cut your head with it.
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  • Sach

    8 months ago

    Yep - Totally cool !

    http://tinyurl.com/5fhj65
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  • steve

    8 months ago

    Keep in mind that in the studio, Anderson Cooper doesn't actually see Will.I.Am as it appears here. Cooper is gazing off into empty space, pretending he's looking at Will.I.Am, who is being inserted afterwards into the picture. (Cooper's really looking at a monitor just out of range.)

    It's all sort of interesting in a can't-believe-they-went-to-all-this-trouble kind of way, but not nearly the technical feat that CNN wants you to think it is.
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  • Jaafer Haidar

    6 months ago

    CNN has a fascination with being "web cool". Rick Sanchez going nuts over Twitter (everyday), using "holograms" like Start Wars, and the magic wall. The drive to to embrace new technology to drive younger viewers.

    To us webheads it's a little like the kids watching the parents trying to be cool but you have to applaud them for trying. Keep it up!
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