CNN’s Hologram Technology

clipped from afp.google.com CNN 'beams up' virtual correspondent NEW YORK (AFP) — CNN viewers saw double Tuesday when the cable news giant used a hologram to "beam up" a reporter from Chicago to New York for election analysis. Like a character out of the science fiction movie "Star Wars," veteran political anchor Wolf Blitzer used a 3D hologram system to transport correspondent Jessica Yellin into his studio. clipped from uk.youtube.com clipped from www.usatoday.com Election-night news to co-star latest technology CNN will have 44 cameras and 20 computers in each remote location to capture 360-degree imaging data of the person being interviewed. Images are processed and projected by computers and cameras in New York. There'll also be plasma TVs in Chicago and Phoenix that will let the people being interviewed see Blitzer and other CNN correspondents. Bohrman says the network can project two different views from each city so Blitzer can appear to be in the studio with two holograms. Bohrman won't disclose the cost, but says, "We're on our budget for election night."

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